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Supply bottlenecks leave ships stranded, businesses stymied
NEW YORK — A trade bottleneck born of the COVID-19 outbreak has US businesses anxiously awaiting goods from Asia — while off the…
Railroad deal seen more likely to gain regulators’ OK
OMAHA, Neb. — Wary regulators have not approved a major railroad merger since the 1990s, but industry analysts say Canadian…
St. Lawrence Seaway opens navigation season
SAINT-LAMBERT, QC — The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) has opened its 63rd navigation season.
The CSL…
CP Rail to buy Kansas City Southern for US$25 billion
CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.'s deal to buy US rival Kansas City Southern for US$25 billion will create the first…
Manufacturers hopeful COVID-19 will force a supply chain rethink
Penny Wise became president of 3M Canada on Feb. 18, 2020, just as the COVID-19 virus was beginning to take hold in Canada. 3M had…
Chinese exports surge as global demand recovers from virus
BEIJING — China's exports surged 60.6 per cent over a year earlier in the first two months of 2021, after factories reopened and…
Worker says Amazon hung anti-union signs in bathroom stalls
NEW YORK — When Amazon found out that its workers were trying to form a union, the company put up signs across the warehouse in…
Port operator DP World profits 2020 drop 29 per cent
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai-based port operator DP World announced its profits slid 29 per cent in 2020 from the previous…
Port of Toronto moves over 2.2 Million tonnes of cargo
TORONTO — For the fourth consecutive year, the Port of Toronto moved more than two million metric tonnes of bulk and general cargo…
Workers at Amazon warehouse in Brampton must self isolate
Thousands of workers at an Amazon warehouse in Brampton, Ont., were ordered to isolate Friday as public health authorities sought…
Canadian Tire, NuPort Robotics start automated trucking pilot project
Toronto – Canadian Tire and Toronto based start-up NuPort Robotics Inc. have partnered with the Ontario government to invest $3…
Manitobans most confident in country’s food supply
Food industry insiders remember it like it was yesterday: Canada had only just gotten its first COVID-19 cases, but people were…