In Canada we’ve had climate activists, animal rights activists and native rights activists shutting down farms, highways and railroad tracks.
People have a right to protest and that right needs to be protected in a democracy. However, as a businessman I have a right to transport my goods and provide services to customers.
A good compromise between the two groups is to allow businesses to be paid for economic losses due to missed shipments and delays. We should be able to send an invoice to individual protesters and green peace, BLM and Native groups for our losses.
Demurrage on a bulk vessel waiting in harbour is in the tune of $50,000 per day. A unit train sitting on a blocked track runs in the neighborhood of a few thousand dollars an hour.