Typhoon Champi shuts Taiwan ports; Canada ports add funding, Halifax pact

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Typhoon Champi closed Taiwan's busiest port of Kaohsiung, along with Keelung and Taipei, on Friday as the storm, packing winds of up to 120 mph, approached, bringing fresh disruption to East Asian supply chains. In North America, Canada's Port Saint John secured US$330 million in funding from Ottawa, the province of New Brunswick and a local railroad operator to boost capacity, as Canada seeks to diversify trading partners. In Oregon, a port won $205 million in federal funding to upgrade its rail line and support a proposed container terminal, potentially adding a new Pacific Northwest box port. Separately, the ILA and Halifax port employers reached a tentative three-year labor pact, a week after Montreal employers and the union agreed a five-year contract.

Why it matters：Port closures, new funding and labor deals all bear on how resilient North American and East Asian gateways are; capacity investment and settled contracts affect congestion risk and the reliability shippers can plan around.

Key points

  • Kaohsiung, Keelung and Taipei ports closed as Champi approached with winds up to 120 mph.
  • Port Saint John received US$330 million from federal, provincial and railroad sources.
  • The ILA-Halifax tentative deal is three years; Montreal's contract runs five years.

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