East Coast Commodities Stuffing, Transloading and Warehousing in Montreal wanted to remind all our customers that spring thaw is in effect. As per government of Quebec, the dates are as follows (subject to change depending on weather conditions):Zone 1
From Monday, March 25(00:01) to Friday, May 17 (23:59)
Zone 2
From Monday, April 1 (00:01) to Friday, May 24 (23:59)
Zone 3
From Monday, April 15 (00: 01) to Friday, May 24 (23:59)
The maximum legal weight per 20’ container is at 20,000 kgs and per 40’ container is at 23,000 kgs.
We would like to remind that not only the total weight matters, but in order to comply with the spring thaw weight restrictions, the weight should be evenly distributed among the axles.
During spring thaw season, ECC re-allocated its fleet of heavy duty chassis to execute the deliveries from rail ramp to ECC yard.