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MSC appears to have decided against leaving Montreal-destined shipments at the Port of Halifax, and is said to be set to provide a feeder service to ferry them on to the Quebec port, which had been hit by one of a spate of strikes across Canada.
One forwarder told The Loadstar: “MSC was the only carrier that rerouted to Halifax as a result of the strikes at Montreal, sending two vessels and discharging everything there.”
MSC had advised customers they would have to collect their shipments from Halifax, more than 1,100 nautical miles from their original destination, and could face extra charges resulting from the diversion.
But now, forwarders say, customer pressure appears to have succeeded in persuading the carrier to rethink.
Read more in an article from The Loadstar.