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Vancouver airport passenger traffic rebounds from pandemic, but travel down from China

Vancouver airport passenger traffic rebounds from pandemic, but travel down from China

Tamara Vrooman: "A change due to the pandemic, but also, frankly, to geopolitical factors, we don't have that Chinese traffic."
Flair Airlines adds planes, aims to more than double in size

Flair Airlines adds planes, aims to more than double in size

Ultra-low-cost carrier's Vancouver-based CEO reiterates aim to have 50 planes by 2027.
Union, environmental, First Nations groups unite to derail Terminal 2 port project

Union, environmental, First Nations groups unite to derail Terminal 2 port project

Jobs, environment will suffer serious damage from Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s $3.5 billion container cargo expansion project, speakers say at Crab Park rally
Ports, ocean carriers drifting into economic doldrums

Ports, ocean carriers drifting into economic doldrums

Earnings sinking fast in 2023 as consumer demand dries up and shipping capacity bulks up
Air Canada pilots kickstart bargaining, hot on heels of WestJet crew wage gains

Air Canada pilots kickstart bargaining, hot on heels of WestJet crew wage gains

MONTREAL — Air Canada pilots have kickstarted the bargaining process with their employer in a move that comes days after their fellow union members at WestJet ratified a new collective agreement.
Analysis: Prospects of another supply chain disruption rightly ringing inflation, economic alarm bells for B.C. business

Analysis: Prospects of another supply chain disruption rightly ringing inflation, economic alarm bells for B.C. business

West Coast dockworkers strike vote threatens to derail recovery in a transpacific supply chain that has only recently begun to shake off COVID-19 pandemic dysfunction
Record number of vehicles travelled on B.C. Ferries last year

Record number of vehicles travelled on B.C. Ferries last year

Ferries carried a total of 9.4 million vehicles in the year ending March 31, up from the previous record of 8.9 million vehicles for the year ending in spring 2019
B.C. port cargo loaders approve strike, but talks continue with maritime employers

B.C. port cargo loaders approve strike, but talks continue with maritime employers

VANCOUVER — More than 7,000 terminal cargo loaders at British Columbia's ports have voted overwhelmingly in support of strike action against local maritime employers, although both sides are still negotiating to avoid such an outcome.
Vancouver container port places second-last on global efficiency ranking

Vancouver container port places second-last on global efficiency ranking

The Port of Vancouver placed second-to-last on a global ranking of hundreds of container ports, after some cargo ships waited weeks to unload their cargo last year.
In backrooms and on social media, battle rages over law to expand railway competition

In backrooms and on social media, battle rages over law to expand railway competition

An obscure law has Canada’s two main railways fighting back over concerns about expenses and congestion