Burnaby NewsLeader, July 11, 2014

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Sophie Leung of TeePaa Living with one of the oil paintings the interior design company imported from China. Months after last spring’s Vancouver port trucker’s strike, the home-based business is still dealing with bills related to having the cargo diverted to Tacoma, Wash. during the work stoppage.

Business suffers months after strike Additional costs to shipping bill after cargo diverted to Tacoma Wanda Chow

wchow@burnabynewsleader.com

Burnaby residents Sophie Leung and William Lien hoped to finally fulfill their dream of starting an interior design business. Instead, they have a shipping nightmare. The couple emigrated to Canada in 2008 from China where Lien worked in advertising and gained a background in design.

After their first attempt at starting their own interior design business failed, they saved up to try again a year ago. The couple and their three-year-old daughter even moved in with Leung’s sister in East Burnaby to reduce their expenses. As part of the venture, TeePaa Living (www.teepaa.com), they commissioned oil paintings from artists in China which they plan to use in their design work and sell online. All went well until it came time to ship the artworks to Burnaby, said Leung. With no experience in shipping,

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they hired a company in China to make all the arrangements. The 300 paintings were loaded onto a ship on March 2. By then, unbeknownst to the couple, the Vancouver port truckers’ strike had begun and did not end until March 26. The strike left numerous shipping containers trapped at the ports’ terminals with no way of getting them to their final destinations. TeePaa’s cargo was diverted to Tacoma, Wash. where it stayed until April 4 before it was sent to be cleared by U.S. Customs.

The paintings didn’t arrive at the couple’s home until April 11. They paid $2,377 US when the goods were loaded in China and expected to pay an additional $98 broker fee and $350 for delivery to their door. Instead, the strike added on costs of almost $4,647 US. After assurances from the shipping company, Translink Shipping Inc., that would be the end of it and they could avoid the debt being sent to a collection agency, they paid the hefty bill on April 28. Please see STORY, A9

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A 28-yearold man was arrested after a man was stabbed at Metrotown SkyTrain station shortly after 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, say Burnaby RCMP. The suspect was found a short time later, not far from the scene. Officers who responded gave first aid to the victim, a man in his late 30s, who was taken to hospital with serious injuries. The suspect is well known to police and is being held in custody while awaiting his court appearance. It’s still early in the investigation and police are still trying to determine whether the suspect and victim, both of no fixed address, knew each other. Transit Police and security staff from Metropolis at Metrotown shopping center assisted Burnaby Mounties in responding to the incident. wchow@ burnabynewsleader.com


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