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Federal government invests in supply chain capacity at Edmonton airport

Canadian Manufacturing

21, the Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra, announced up to $100 million in funding under the National Trade Corridors Fund to increase cargo and logistics handling operations at the Edmonton International Airport. The project will convert approximately 2,000 acres of land into a new global cargo handling operation.

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Shipping ports feeling the affects of supply chain delays across Canada

Canadian Manufacturing

Meanwhile cargo vessels sat at anchor for 9.6 And maybe it is a critical part for a manufacturing operation.” Shippers and marine carrier operators see rail as a critical bottleneck. But containers sat on its docks for nearly six days on average, almost twice as long as in 2019 and a 41 per cent increase from 2021.