So many ships waiting in Vancouver anchorages

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Today's mail brought a flyer from our Green Party MP, Elizabeth May, explaining the glut of freighters in Gulf Island anchorages.
It seems all about scheduling. After decades of experience in coordinating the sale and delivery of grain through our Canada Wheat Board, that board was eliminated by the then Federal Government and no effective replacement has appeared.
The present chaos in delivery results in the glut of freighters in our anchorages. Transport Canada, pressed to find anchorages for the glut of waiting vessels, has designated 30 such anchorages in the Gulf Islands.
No answer is presently on the horizon.
 
A few years ago there were a couple of ships anchored just south of Dodds Narrows. Kind of surprised me.
 
That was forward thinking on behalf of the govt. bet there are some pissed off boat owners, cap stains and crew who are stuck
 

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