Transport Canada co-funded initiatives to monitor trucking activity at port terminals within three of Canada’s busiest container ports in Vancouver, Montréal and Halifax as part of its Transportation 2030 policy goals to promote more efficient use of transportation networks across Canada.
The initiatives leverage radio frequency identification (RFID) and global positioning system (GPS) technologies to track truck movements on port land in and around the ports’ container terminals. They provide insights on average truck queuing times at terminal gates and time spent picking up and dropping off containers inside the terminals.
All three initiatives are operational and provide industry members—including ports, terminal operators and truckers—detailed real-time and historical information on wait times. The information provides insights on congestion at the port terminals and allows for truckers to better plan activities based on current and expected wait times. The information is disseminated to truckers through mobile apps and, in some cases, is publicly posted on port authority websites.
The reported truck wait times for each port are available at the links below:
Port of Vancouver: https://www.portvancouver.com/port-dashboard/supply-chain-performance/
Port of Montréal: https://portmtltrucks.com/
Port of Halifax: https://www.portofhalifax.ca/port-operations-centre/#!/
For more information, please contact Statistics Canada (toll-free 1-800-263-1136; 514-283-8300; STATCAN.infostats-infostats.STATCAN@canada.ca).