CUSTOMER ADVISORY

Dear Customer,

CP has issued the following update to the industry:

Effective 23:59 EST, on Friday, 21 February 2025, Vaughan Terminal will have restrictions in place to Port of Montreal ( Racine / Cast / Vaiu / Maisonneuve).

Not accepted:

• Loaded traffic in dry containers ( 20DS / 40DS / 40DH ).
• Empty containers of any equipment type.

Accepted:

• Loaded containers in temperature-controlled equipment.

We continue to monitor the situation and will advise as further updates are received.

Sincerely,

HENSALL GLOBAL LOGISTICS

Dear Customer,

Over the next month, Maersk Line and Hapag Lloyd will be transitioning into a new carrier alliance – The GEMINI COOPERATION.  Under this new alliance, both carriers will adopt a ‘hub and spoke’ model into the transpacific lanes with less direct calls and more transshipment.  By adopting this model, Maersk and Hapag hope to achieve:

• Greater efficiencies of mainline operation that will contribute to better scheduling performance
• Less service disruption and limitations to congestion
• Carrier controlled hubs to reduce dwell time at transshipment ports
• Greater adaptability and accuracy with regards to transit times

There will be two services with Canadian ports of call.  Service is expected to roll out late February (import) into early March 2025 (export).  We anticipate some disruption with these carriers during this transition. Rates may also be subject to change based on new routings.

Please reach out to your Hensall Global representative should you have any questions / concerns.

Sincerely,

HENSALL GLOBAL LOGISTICS

Dear Customer,

CN has issued following update to the industry:

This is a reminder to all customers shipping to/from the Province of Quebec during the provincially mandated Vehicle Load and Size Limits Regulation period, colloquial known as “Thaw Period”.

To comply with the mandated requirements and avoid a backlog of loads requiring special handling, we will implement Spring Weight Restrictions in advance of the Quebec Government notice.

The annual start date for cargo weight restriction is dynamic and is regulated by the Quebec Provincial government. The timing is dependent on a host of criteria with the intention of minimizing damage to Provincial roads. While there is no definitive start date for the annual weight restriction period, our plan is to have all loads exceeding the thaw period weight limits arrive/depart Quebec before March 17. Should the Province mandate and earlier start date, all loads exceeding the prescribed thaw period weight limits will be subject to special handling charges.

Learn more on the government site

Please note that payload weights in equipment to be delivered by CNTL must be reduced per the requirements below for shipments planned to arrive after the start-date noted above.

To assist our customers during this period of reduced payload:

CN will establish a "Latest Shipping Date" where customers may ship at regular payload weights from each terminal (based on the consignee receiving the traffic immediately upon arrival at the destination terminal).

Note, the shipping date will be referred to as the Reservation Date. CN’s online tools can assist in determining the Reservation Date and Trip Plan.

In the event of an overweight load, CN may arrange transloading, or use specialty equipment to deliver the load. Any transloading requirements will be done at the prevailing market rate to be confirmed. To ensure the specialty equipment is not detained, all deliveries must be live-unloads. The overweight arrangements will be made after receiving written confirmation that the payer understands the charges.

Overweight traffic delayed online, but shipped prior to the "Latest Shipping Date", will be delivered by CN without the application of overweight charges.

The following table shows the "Latest Shipping Date" relative to the start of CN’s Spring Weight Restrictions:

Table 1 – Latest shipping date for deliveries in Quebec’s Zone 1

The maximum payload handled using CNR equipment during the Spring Weight Restriction period is:

Table 2 – Maximum Payloads and Axle Weights

Table 3 - Maximum Gross weight

Please reach out to your Hensall Global representative should you have any questions.

Sincerely,

HENSALL GLOBAL LOGISTICS

Dear Customer,

Please find excerpt from an article published by the Canadian Press.

“Thousands of workers represented by Unifor have reached a tentative agreement with Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), just over a day before a potential strike.

Late Monday, CPKC said it reached a tentative four-year collective agreement with the union, which represents about 1,200 employees in Canada.

The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference Maintenance of Way Employees Division (TCRC-MWED), which represents around 2,300 CPKC engineering service employees in Canada , also reached a tentative four-year collective agreement on Tuesday.

The details of the tentative agreement between TCRC-MWED and CPKC will not be released publicly until the agreement has been ratified.

Separately, Canadian National Railway Co. reached a tentative agreement with the union representing about 750 signals and communication employees across Canada. Its workers had voted 95 per cent in favour of a strike if a deal could not be reached.”

Please reach out to your Hensall Global representative should you have any questions.

Sincerely,

HENSALL GLOBAL LOGISTICS

Dear Customer,

Unifor announced today that the approximately 1000 mechanical and maintenance employees of Local 101R CPKC have voted in favour of strike action, with 99% of members supporting the mandate.

Members are now in a legal strike position as of 12:01 a.m. EST on January 29, 2025, should an agreement not be reached.

Negotiations between the two parties are expected to continue from January 24 to January 29.

The formal announcement from Unifor can be found here Unifor.

We continue to monitor the situation and will advise as further updates are received.

Sincerely,

HENSALL GLOBAL LOGISTICS

Dear Customer,

Please find an excerpt from a CIFFA bulletin:

NORTH BERGEN/LYNDHURST, NJ (January 8, 2025) – The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) have reached a tentative agreement on all items for a new six-year Master Contract. The two sides agreed to continue to operate under the current contract until the union can meet with its full Wage Scale Committee and schedule a ratification vote, and USMX members can ratify the terms of the final contract.

“We are pleased to announce that ILA and USMX have reached a tentative agreement on a new six-year ILA-USMX Master Contract, subject to ratification, thus averting any work stoppage on January 15, 2025,” the two sides said in a joint statement. “This agreement protects current ILA jobs and establishes a framework for implementing technologies that will create more jobs while modernizing East and Gulf coast ports – making them safer and more efficient and creating the capacity they need to keep our supply chains strong.”

“This is a win-win agreement that creates ILA jobs, supports American consumers and businesses, and keeps the American economy the key hub of the global marketplace.”

Details of the new tentative agreement will not be released to allow ILA rank-and-file-members and USMX members to review and approve the final document.

We continue to monitor the situation and will advise as further updates are received.

Sincerely,

HENSALL GLOBAL LOGISTICS

Dear Customer,

Please find below excerpt received from CN:

CN announced today that its new four-year tentative collective agreements with Unifor were formally ratified by employees on Sunday, December 22, 2024. The union represents approximately 3,300 employees at CN in Canada, working in different mechanical, clerical, and intermodal functions, all covered by multiple collective agreements.

"We are pleased to have achieved these new collective agreements through collaborative negotiations. By working together with Unifor, we now have new agreements that strengthen our workforce and enhance our ability to serve customers reliably across North America. I want to thank both teams for their constructive approach to these negotiations and their shared commitment to CN's long-term success." - Tracy Robinson, President and Chief Executive Officer.  

These new four-year agreements include 3% wage increases annually. They expire on December 31st, 2028.  

Bargaining updates for all unions currently in negotiations with CN can be found at www.cn.ca/bargaining.

We will continue to monitor and advise as new information is received.

Sincerely,

HENSALL GLOBAL LOGISTICS

Dear Customer,

Please find below excerpt received from CN:

CN announced today that a new tentative four-year collective agreement has been reached with Unifor. The union represents approximately 3,300 employees at CN in Canada, working in different mechanical, clerical, and intermodal functions. 

No details of the tentative agreement will be released publicly until the agreement is ratified. The current collective agreement with Unifor expires on December 31, 2024. 

Bargaining updates for all unions currently in negotiations with CN can be found at www.cn.ca/bargaining.

We will continue to monitor and advise as new information is received.

Sincerely,

HENSALL GLOBAL LOGISTICS

Dear Customer,

Please be advised that Unifor has announced that negotiations with CPKC have reached a stalemate, and as a result, Local 101R will hold strike votes across the country in the coming weeks.

The union opened contract discussions with the carrier early October but filed for conciliation end of October when negotiations had reached an impasse. The conciliation deadline is January 28, 2025.

Unifor represents approximately 1,200 of CP's mechanical employees who are responsible for maintaining rail cars and locomotives. 

We will continue to monitor and advise as new information is received.

Sincerely,

HENSALL GLOBAL LOGISTICS

Dear Customer,

Please find excerpt from an article published by CTV News:

“Unifor said on Monday its members at Canadian National Railway have authorized a strike action at the railroad if the parties fail to reach an agreement by Jan. 1.

Unifor, which represents more than 3,600 members at the railroad's Council 4000 and Local 100 committees, said members voted "overwhelmingly" in favor of the strike action.

Unifor, which represents CN Rail's car technicians and heavy-duty mechanics among other workers, said negotiations with the railroad will resume from Nov. 30 to Dec. 8 in Montreal.”

We continue to monitor and will advise with further update as they become available.

Sincerely,

HENSALL GLOBAL LOGISTICS