Cargo surge pushes Vancouver port to limits

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Cargo surge pushes Vancouver port to limits

| Feb 12, 2019 11:35AM EST
Container dwell times have spiked as terminal operators and Canadian railroads struggle to add sufficient capacity to handle growing volumes.
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