May 28, 2018 – Canadian Pacific (CP) has received notice from the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference – Train & Engine (TCRC) representing locomotive engineers and conductors, and from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) representing signals and communication employees that employee members of the respective unions will be withdrawing their services to operate freight and passenger trains and to maintain CP’s signaling systems in Canada, effective 2200 EST, Tuesday, May 29, 2018.

As such, an embargo application for shipments routing to and from CP Canadian locations is in place effective 0001 EST Wednesday, May 30, 2018. During the embargo, intermodal terminal gates will remain open, in so far as practicable and so long as capacity permits, in order to reduce the impact of the work stoppage by CP’s unionized employees represented by the TCRC and IBEW. Canaan Transport will continue to monitor the situation for our customers.