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 About the Port of Vancouver
Story and photos by Ed Anderson

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Home-port for Vancouver-Alaska cruises, Vancouver, British Columbia welcomes more than 1,000,000 passengers at its Canada Place and Ballantyne terminals. The Port of Vancouver offers Cruise customers:(1) Modern, comfortable and safe cruise facilities near both downtown and the airport.(2) Terminals that accommodate the largest cruise ships afloat.(3) A sailing time to Alaska that allows sufficient time to enjoy an extensive Alaska itinerary.

The Port of Vancouver is comprised of 26 cargo and other marine related terminals to provide a full range of facilities and services to the international shipping community. Most terminals are centrally located in Vancouver's Burrard Inlet. The exceptions are the Deltaport container terminal, and Westshore Terminals' coal handling facility, which are located at Roberts Bank, 22 km from the city centre. Collectively, Port of Vancouver terminals offer virtually no draft restrictions, post-Panamax capacity, and among the most extensive on-dock rail facilities of any North American West Coast port.

Bulk cargoes account for more than 81% of the port's annual throughput. Coal, sulphur, potash, grain, petro-chemicals and woodchips are typical of the bulk shipments which are handled through the port's 17 bulk terminals. There are nine general cargo terminals. Forest products such as lumber, plywood, pulp, and newsprint account for 96% of general cargo, and 6% of the port's total cargo volumes. General cargo also includes project cargo.

Two container terminals, Centerm and Vanterm, are located in the port's inner harbour. The Deltaport container terminal in the outer harbour officially opened in 1997. Deltaport doubled the port's container capacity to more than 1.2 million TEUs per year.


The inner harbour of Vancouver British Columbia - considered one of the best deepwater ports in the world - has also become over the past 20 years, an important Pacific Northwest terminus for commercial sea/float plane and helicopter activity. According to the latest stats, the year 200O saw some 60,000 landings and take-offs in the harbour, comprising mostly commercial and scheduled traffic carrying thousands of passengers and cargo, ranking this the fifth busiest airport in British Columbia.
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