Rain was one of the main hurdles blocking one of Canada\u0027s most anticipated grain harvests from reaching global markets this fall. Read more.
“Transport Canada intends to learn from best practices followed in other jurisdictions, while also recognizing that other Canadian and international ports have different operating contexts,” Ramadan said in an email on Feb. 17.Grain terminals and stevedoring companies in control of grain loading in Vancouver have been going back and forth with union officials since the early 2000s, trying to find a safe and efficient way to load grain in the rain.
“You look at it, you go, ‘OK, that sounds pretty good. Just put up a big safety fence on the hold. That seems right. That seems OK. Seems safe.’ The problem is: it actually doesn’t work,” Casey McCawley, a former head of West Coast operations for major Canadian grain exporter The industry has been here before. In 2009, the federal government helped fund a study by Montreal engineering firm
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