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WEATHER TROUBLES * Canada - Manitoba trucking industry hurting financially from flooded highway
Manitoba,CAN -CBC -May 11, 2009: -- The cost of detouring around flooded sections of Highway 75 is costing thousands of extra dollars, say Manitoba trucking companies... Sections of the highway, a major artery between Winnipeg and the U.S. border, were first closed due to spring flooding on April 7. Although parts of the route have since been reopened, some areas are still impassable due to the water... Jeff Pries, of Manitoba-based Bison Transport, said that has resulted in an additional 80 kilometres in detours for every trip to the United States. If drivers are doing 50 to 60 trips a day, additional fuel costs can hit $4,500 per day for the company, he said... Bison has no choice but to pass those costs on to the customers, said Pries, vice-president of sales and marketing for the North American carrier... Other companies must absorb the increase if their rates with customers are locked in, he said... (Photo by CBC: Water is still covering sections of Highway 75, making travel impossible through those areas)Labels: weather troubles
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