Management at the Port of Montreal says operations are scheduled to resume Saturday after they were disrupted by a labor dispute.

The Port Authority confirms that the Canadian Industrial Relations Board has ordered operations to resume as of 7 a.m

But she adds that it will take several weeks to fully restore supply chain fluidity for both imports and exports.

On Sunday, operations at the port dropped dramatically when the Maritime Employers Association fired nearly 1,200 maritime workers after rejecting a contract offer.

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Labor Minister orders end to British Columbia and Montreal port closures through binding arbitration

The union representing maritime transport workers had previously called for an indefinite strike affecting two of the port’s terminals on October 31.

Federal Labor Minister Stephen MacKinnon intervened on Tuesday to end the dispute, asking the Canadian Industrial Relations Board to order operations to resume and move negotiations to binding arbitration.