The ongoing industrial dispute between the container terminal operators and longshoremen at Canada’s east coast port in in Montreal means that there will be no operations taking place there until 1 August.
German liner company Hapag-Lloyd has advised its customers that “due to on-going difficulties, MGT [Montréal Gateway Terminals] and Termont Terminals in Montreal have both announced that there will be no operations on Friday 31 July.”
The terminals are expected to start operations at 7am on 1 August while trucking services will also resume at that time they will operate until 3pm on both the 1 and 2 August, according to a customer advisory note circulated by Hapag-Lloyd.
