The MEA’s move has effectively closed down cargo operations at Canada’s second largest port—save for shipping to Newfoundland ... “Each container that is not moved here in Montreal is ...

The employers' association at the Port of Montreal has issued the dockworkers' union a "final, comprehensive offer," threatening to lock out workers ... the port's total container handling capacity.

Absent a new agreement, the MEA said it would lock out union workers as of 9 p.m. Sunday. The union since Oct. 31 has halted container handling at two facilities run by Termont, which account for 40% ...