November 15, 2020 – As covid cases continue to rise in Canada, Canaan Transport has taken steps to ensure our team member’s safety. As a result, some of our team members will be working remotely and replies may be delayed. Although there will always be someone at the office, we are taking steps to decrease the risks associated with travelling to and from the office/warehouse for our employees. We continue to plan and adapt to the changing situation and welcome the recent news on vaccine success.
November 10, 2020 – Air Canada announced plans today to convert two 767 aircraft into all cargo freighters to ride the wave of cargo shipments in light of the covid-19 pandemic. Air Canada was the first airline to temporarily remove cabin seats to enable floor-loading of boxes. It now operates three Boeing 777s and four Airbus A330 without seats, doubling the available volume for each flight.
November 8, 2020 – The CBSA system outage has now been resolved and operations are back to normal as per a late notice from the agency. We look forward to assisting our customers to recover from this long outage.
November 7, 2020 – Unfortunately, the CBSA system is still experiencing technical problems. We have increased our weekend staffing team to ensure that our customers that have clearances over the weekend are properly supported. Please call us at 416.621.6800 if you have any urgent production issues.
November 6, 2020 – As detailed, the CBSA has been experiencing significant delays in trade-related data processing as of Tuesday afternoon. They have now indicated the issue is being caused by very high processing demand on CBSA IT systems related to specific recurring transactions in their systems. This has led to a severe backlog and much slower processing times for cross-border shipments. CBSA indicated the issue could have been caused by the combination of several updates and maintenance being performed on IT systems over the last few weeks, but the agency is still trying to identify the root cause of the issue and is working 24/7 to fix the problem as soon as possible. CBSA is hopeful that the issue will be fully resolved by sometime today. There have been rumours that the CBSA was a victim of a cyber-attack but we have no evidence at this time to support this.
November 5, 2020 – There have been no updates on the ongoing CBSA issues and multiple requests for clarification have not been answered. For many of our customers, we have switched to paper clearance procedures at no additional cost as a result of this outage. If you have any issues with your clearance, please contact us immediately.
November 4, 2020 – CBSA continues to experience technical issues. Our customers that have been affected have now been put onto our contingency plan to ensure smooth clearances.
November 3, 2020 – CBSA has been experiencing intermittent IT Issues which have delayed customs releases across the country along all modes of transport. We will update this situation as it develops.
November 4, 2020 – Cargo owners should start planning for an upwards correction in long-term ocean freight contract prices, according to container shipping consultancy Sea-Intelligence, which believes the current levels of contract rates are not high by historical standards and that the low rates enjoyed by customers in recent years are the “aberration.” Having reviewed price developments over the past 22 years, Sea-Intelligence’s latest Sunday Spotlight report concluded that the current level of long-term contract rates “are not high,” except in contrast to the weak rates in recent years, which were caused by a severe vessel overcapacity resulting from the last global financial crisis. But it also warned of major uncertainties ahead.
November 1, 2020 – The ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert are expected to contend with vessel delays and longer rail container dwell times that emerged this month through the end of the year as Canada’s supply chain adjusts to an extended peak season. Container shortages and weather problems at Asian load ports have thrown vessels off schedule this summer in the eastbound trans-Pacific. Terminal operations in Vancouver and Prince Rupert have been further complicated by the deployment of extra-loader vessels in the trans-Pacific. Meanwhile, the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railways have not fully recovered from network disruptions dating back to a dockworker strike at the Port of Montreal in August.