Port of Vancouver’s container volumes recover

The Holdom Overpass is advancing to construction and will increase trade capacity at the Port of Vancouver and benefit the local community in Burnaby.

Bulk exports increased 13% in 2023, compared to 2022, to reach a record 91.5 MMT—including increases in grain, sulphur, coal and petroleum product volumes.

With the BC port strike now in its second week, Canada’s Federal government has asked its mediator to recommend terms to end the impasse.

The port of Vancouver in Washington State is seeking Statements of Interest (SOIs) from companies that want to develop a new bulk facility. The port is offering the opportunity to develop a new facility on approximately 40 acres at Terminal 5. The site was previously part of a planned 100-acre facility to be developed by BHP Billiton to handle potash from the Jansen Mine in Saskatchewan. That project is now on hold, and BHP’s agreement lapsed by mutual agreement in 2014. The port is now pursuing

Liebherr-Werk Nenzing has reported that it has shipped a total of 20 mobile harbour cranes in the first three months of 2009, including six 4-rope cranes dedicated to bulk handling.

The Washington, USA Port of Vancouver and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company have reached agreement on the construction of the port’s US$137M West Vancouver Freight Access project