Due to heavy rain and strike, more than 50 ships are waiting to enter the Port of Vancouver, Canada

Recently, more than 50 ships have been floating on the coast of the Port of Vancouver, Canada, waiting to enter the port for unloading. Due to the severe flooding in British Columbia in mid-November, the region was cut off from several major roads and railways.

According to The New York Times, some major transportation routes have reopened, while others are still recovering from landslides that destroyed entire transportation networks.

Rail service on the port's Vancouver-Kamloops line briefly resumed over the weekend but has since been closed again due to continued heavy rains, according to a U.S. shipper report .

A spokesman for the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association said 51 ships were waiting at the port as of Sunday as companies rushed to get cargo out of Vancouver by plane and truck .

The port is likely to face more delays in the future , with Aheer Transport and Prudential Freight drivers notifying on Monday of a 72-hour strike to gain more health and dental benefits from the carriers .

Truckers are represented by Unifor, Canada's largest private sector union , and Aheer Transport reached a deal with many of its drivers on Tuesday, but Prudential Transport truckers still plan to strike. About 120 of the 1,700 truckers who deliver cargo from the port are represented by one carrier.

“The Unifor Model Agreement for Vancouver’s container trucking industry is fair, providing drivers with reasonable wages and benefits," said Jerry Dias, Unifor national president, in a news release. "There is no reason why every trucking company at the port should not have signed on already.”

Truckers' critical role in global supply chains has drawn public attention in recent months as a labor shortage threatens to exacerbate a supply chain crisis ahead of the holiday shopping season.

The port has faced record cargo volumes over the past year due to strong consumer demand, but it has been repeatedly impacted by extreme weather, with summer wildfires and heat waves also leading to a backlog of dozens of ships.

Coupled with the current traffic jams caused by floods and workers' strikes, port congestion will continue in the near future.

Port of Vancouver, Canada

Road traffic damage