All articles tagged with “Drayage Windows”.
U.S. container imports climbed 4.5% in July to 2.5 million TEU, according to Descartes. That growth is typical for Q3, but it's a signal for Canadian importers and forwarders. If your consolidation cutoffs and drayage windows are still loose, this volume trend will compress them fast.
Q4 dwell isn't the warehouse's problem alone—it's the cost carrier, and every delay compounds the hit. Capacity planning starts in May, dock slots lock by August, and by November you're running operations, not firefighting.
Montreal's port is densifying, and drayage windows are shrinking. Customs holds are running 5–7 working days, your warehouse dock-to-stock is stretching to 60 hours, and handling costs are layering on top. The logistics hub is growing, but your capacity buffer isn't keeping pace.
Sea Legend Shipping runs eight Arctic Express sailings (Ningbo-Felixstowe) August through October, starting August 15 with the 1,732 TEU Dubai Tower and landing September 6. The 21-day voyage clips traditional routing by roughly 10 days. For Montreal dock ops, the story isn't the Arctic itself—it's how faster goods compress dock-to-stock cycles and force tighter drayage windows into an already-compressed Q4.