Ford is looking at flying car parts to a closed Canada factory due to trucker protests, per Reuters.- Ford shut down its Windsor factory in Ontario on Wednesday because of supply shortages, per AP.
Ford is looking at flying car parts to a shut-down factory after a blockade caused by protesting Canadian
The carmaker's engine plant in Windsor, Ontario, which was reportedly closed due to supply shortages, may receive auto parts by plane rather than truck, an official of the union which represents workers at the factory told Reuters on Thursday.
"We are looking at all options to keep our plants running," a spokesperson for Ford's Canadian division told Reuters.
Ford didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
Ford told the $4 that it had to shut down its engine plant in Windsor on Wednesday because it was experiencing a shortage of supplies following the blockade on the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Detroit, Michigan with Ontario.
The automaker had to instead operate an assembly factory in Oakville, Ontario, on a limited schedule, per AP.
The Ambassador Bridge was $4 on Monday night after truckers, who were protesting against the Canadian vaccine mandate, blocked the bridge. This resulted in traffic delays.
"This interruption on the Detroit-Windsor bridge hurts customers, auto workers, suppliers, communities and companies on both sides of the border," Ford said in a statement to AP. "We hope this situation is resolved quickly because it could have widespread impact on all automakers in the US and Canada."
Thousands of truckers and supporters $4 Canada's cross-border vaccine mandate, which went into effect on January 15.
The $4 require US truckers to present proof of vaccination to cross the border and unvaccinated Canadian truckers to get a