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Stressed supply chains snarled anew as B.C. floods wash out rail lines, roads
Problems are the result of record-setting floods in B.C.
Pete Evans · CBC News · Posted: Nov 16, 2021 11:07 AM ET | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
The complex problem of moving goods from Point A to Point B has been made even more complicated by record-breaking rainfall and flooding in B.C. that have washed out rail lines and highways in the lower mainland.
Experts say the floods have taken an already tight supply chain and made it even tighter, at the worst possible time.
"It's not going to be good," said Barry Prentice, a professor of supply chain management at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg.
Most highways in and out of Vancouver have effectively been shut down, bringing truck traffic to a crawl. While trucks are used for shorter haul distances of comparatively smaller loads, trains handle the bulk of transport...
Stressed supply chains snarled anew as B.C. floods wash out rail lines, roads
Problems are the result of record-setting floods in B.C.
Pete Evans · CBC News · Posted: Nov 16, 2021 11:07 AM ET | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
The complex problem of moving goods from Point A to Point B has been made even more complicated by record-breaking rainfall and flooding in B.C. that have washed out rail lines and highways in the lower mainland.
Experts say the floods have taken an already tight supply chain and made it even tighter, at the worst possible time.
"It's not going to be good," said Barry Prentice, a professor of supply chain management at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg.
Most highways in and out of Vancouver have effectively been shut down, bringing truck traffic to a crawl. While trucks are used for shorter haul distances of comparatively smaller loads, trains handle the bulk of transport...
