. ONLY BARGE RAMP.OPERATING on the North § Shore during the'B C. Rail steke

ds at Vancouver Wharves, where train barges have been bringing In vital shipments

’ which have helped the wharf stay in operation. A longshoreman Is on hand as the
 Seaspan harge Dorks delivers train cars loaded with potash, (Terry Peters photo)

‘ comments: *

effects on North S

loss. of orders: through the

port ‘s damaged re putation

Director ‘of customer

services for Neptune Ter-

minals, Gunther Klinkow,

it takes a heck of a long time
to build up that type of
business, But you can lose it
ina week.”

He explains: “The
customer doesn’t care if the
B,C. Railway is on strike or

. who is on strike but looks at

the Port of Vancouver as a
whole, That is where he gets
his cargo from.”

‘I've been in this |
rat race for over, 34 years and

“than it has been for the past |
couple: of years, what with .
yall

Customers are ‘reluctant, to:

the labor. -disruptions,

buy and I'm reluctant to sell:
too.” a ems

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“By CHRIS LLOYD

He thinks the : grain ter-
minal will have to end up
paying compensation to
customers for orders nat met
as a result of the strike,
“We'll probably have to pay
damages for specialty items
such as rapeseed, buckwheat
‘and sunflower seed. orders
not met."

For the wheat pool, things.

have been worse than for

‘latest ‘ispute-r runs the. risk of having ° P! rol agied :

over the. Second: Narrows’ -
Bridge, which he’ dismisses «"

“a: drop’ in. the bucket”,

Loney! ame to the con-
‘clusion, that if the strike.
“didn’t end: before: Christmas:
the terminal. would “probably”

not ‘be. able | to: reopen after’
the two-day’ holiday.

?

Before | ‘Christraas a
terminal's output had ‘been
reduced to five per cent: of
its normal level, , Loney had
laid’ off 20 workers, even
with a further 30 away on
holidays, effectively. :
reducing his work force of,
thattime byhalf, © 8!

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