Canada – Port of Montreal Labor Action – Operations Slowdown

On April 10, 2021, a notice was issued by CUPE 375, Syndicat des Débardeurs, advising of adjustments to working procedures at the Port of Montreal, to begin on April 13, 2021 at 06:000 HRS. Some of these key measures included:

• Termination of overtime
• Stop to all weekend work, including vessel, terminal and docking activities

As a result, terminal operations at the Port of Montreal will now operate 5 days per week instead of the usual 7 days. Slowdowns to vessel operations as well as rail handling are to be expected. Vessel schedules could be impacted by these delays.

As the situation develops, Hapag-Lloyd will continue to adjust operations in order to limit the impact to the schedule and our customer.