Marine Atlantic announced food and pharmacy shipments will end
September 29, 2020![](https://www.retailcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/marine_atlantic.jpeg)
Marine Atlantic announced that as of October 5, 2020, load priority for food and pharmacy shipments will end. Premium bookings will be reintroduced.
Load priority was only a temporary initiative to assist with the food and pharma supply chain challenges that were particularly acute during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
RCC has / continues to push for load priority to continue indefinitely given the years of challenges in getting fresh produce to the province.