摘要: |
If ever there was a month when U.S. shippers appreciated the volume of freight moving north-south across the Mexico and Canada borders, January of 2022 was it.A rogue trucker protest had taken over Ottawa, the Canadian capital. As a spillover, a few Canadian truckers opposed to COVID-19 vaccination mandates blocked the Ambassador Bridge between Windsor, Ontario and Detroit. It's the busiest international land crossing in North America.The Ambassador Bridge handles an estimated $323 million in cross-border freight every day-that amounted to $ 131 billion last year. That's one bridge across two friendly countries. Yet, a small blockade halted freight moves, threatening auto plants on both sides of the border from receiving just-in-time freight moves and other critical freight. |