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Port of Vancouver Rail Service Washed Out by Flooding in BC

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There appears to be another heavy rain weather system coming through the west coast, based on my local forecast for next week.

Be interesting to see what they come up with. I wouldn’t worry too much.

People are already panicking

If the CNR can handle the traffic...they can divert both CP and CN traffic across the northern route to the Port of Prince Rupert.

Of course this will mean having to steam the cargo ships northward as well.

"Prince Rupert is the closest major North American port to Asia with direct on-dock access to CN’s three coast network. Containers are efficiently transferred between vessel and rail, enhancing Prince Rupert’s transit time advantage. It’s also North America’s deepest natural harbour, capable of handling the world’s largest vessels."

Not sure if it can handle bulk traffic commodities (coal, grain, pot ash etc..) though.


It would be a logistical nightmare...but do-able

No one is certain how long the current disruptions will last. The railroads have limited alternatives to reroute trains through sections of the impacted region. One shipper said they were hopeful that at least limited service might resume by this coming weekend. Some are however saying that the lines could be disrupted for weeks while the railroads said it was too early to make estimates until they could reach the impacted areas.

It major!!
They reported that shipments of grain, coal, and potash were all likely to be impacted while one of the largest gain exporters said they were unable to move product at a critical time of the year for the trade.

Stuff can still get into the port and distributed in the greater vancouver area though, right? It's the in-land folk deeper in BC that are going to be most affected, I would imagine?

At the moment there is very few alternative

Days of torrential rain have pelted British Columbia, triggering floods and landslides that have blocked the tracks of the nation’s two major railways and washed away parts of its main east-west road artery, the Trans-Canada Highway.

Flooding has halted rail services to and from the Port of Vancouver and also shut all main routes by road, the port said in a statement. It’s not yet known when Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and Canadian National Railway Co. will be able to re-open their lines, it said. Nearly 1,000 rail cars carrying grain are idled in the Vancouver corridor, according to estimates from Ag Transport Coalition.
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No doubt, this was the worse catastrophe ever to hit the west coast in the modern age. It will be many, many months of repair.

Tough times ahead for sure.

Ports round-up: Rain storm cuts rail links to Canada's largest port, while Rotterdam chief warns of shipping delays through 2022

With the Port of Vancouver cut off, the Canadian supply chain will be badly hit, adding to shipment delays for everything from containers to bulk commodities.

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Horgan on the news now as of noon we are under a state of emergency all of B.C. he also said travel restrictions are coming ......

Imagine that

Should have shut it down before the storm not after

Clown World

So glad I prepared for this

Ports round-up: Rain storm cuts rail links to Canada's largest port, while Rotterdam chief warns of shipping delays through 2022

With the Port of Vancouver cut off, the Canadian supply chain will be badly hit, adding to shipment delays for everything from containers to bulk commodities.

It might kill the farming for next year mostly for lack of fertilizer..... no fertilizer, no food and Canada one of the most producer wheat, corn, soy .....

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Thats because the water will have abate.

There is a Canadian Railway Operating Rule regarding the movements of trains (well several)..
But this one in particular states that trains or engines are forbidden to travel on rail when the top of rail is covered with 3inches or more then of water.

So only time will tell. After the water goes down then theres the "small" task of inspections and repairs to the trackage and corresponding infrastructure.

Theres gonna be a shitload of miles to be made. Railroaders are gonna make bank!

So they won't be able to ship all the food and goods to China and starve those in North America?

Biden will be on it double-time, he can't disappoint his masters.

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Thanks for the heads up, Random. My Wile E. Coyote umbrella will be ready for full deployment. ; )

Retail analyst Bruce Winder says the effects will start to show up on store shelves mid-December. Companies without a large and sophisticated supply chain won’t be able to access goods made in Asia.

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lots of fiber washed out as well. yesterday was a shit day for telecom. made my day miserable for sure, and now I wonder what the supply of goods will look like for the next while, the container ship issues were bad enough now all of the highways are washed out. bridges, etc. it will take weeks and months to get back to even the 'new' normal.

We have a week in Canada to buy all the goods we need for the next 6 months.... the price on goods will sky rocket

Look at you, tryin' to make a political agenda out of the suffering of people who have nothing to do with your politics.

Very Christian of you.

Tsk tsk.

I will be hitting Costco in the next couple of days for sure.

Stock up on the shit that comes from Chy-na...which is ALOT!

I will also be shopping for 6 months tomorrow or Friday at the most. After that, companies will start getting updates from distributors for the new price and it won't be insignificant.

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Food and gas is already gone in Chilliwack

I bought 80 pounds of basmati rice , spices and lots of dry and canned foods last month

I so happy that I heeded the warnings

But super pissed at TPTB and the sheep that allowed this to happen

Food rations coming
Essential travel only coming

Here in the Okanagan, grocery shelves are already bare. Hoarders panic has set in. Went to 2 stores today. Safeway and Nesters. Both places you couldn't even find one tomato or even one potato. Bakery was cleaned out. No meat, but a few pork chops. Never thought I would see this in my lifetime. Dark winter coming is right.

My kid is living in Cultus Lake area... Would you know if there is a chance of flooding next or on the rez?

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