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* Canada - Hundreds of Port Metro Vancouver truckers losing jobs to new licensing system
* BC - Truckers say new system cuts port access to 600 truckers
-- More than 600 truckers say they're effectively out of a job after Port Metro Vancouver granted access to just 68 companies under a new licensing system finalized Friday. Under the system announced Friday, 68 companies representing 1,450 trucks have been approved to serve the port. Last year the number of trucks working the port was estimated at more than 2,000... Michelle Mann with Safeway Trucking says both she and her husband, along with many others, are effectively out of work... "There are about 600 drivers who are out of a job," she said... Port Metro Vancouver says the new licensing system is needed to address the long-lineups and rate cutting caused by too many trucks serving the port... Vancouver,BC,Canada -CBC News -Jan 25, 2015
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