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Port Metro Vancouver

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General information
Founded	Amalgamation January 1, 2008
Former authorities prior to amalgamation	- Port of Vancouver  - North Fraser Port Authority  - Fraser River Port Authority
Coordinates  - Latitude  - Longitude	(for former Port of Vancouver) 49°16'37" N 123°07'15" W
Area  - Coastline  - Land  - Water	600 kilometres Unknown Unknown
Major marine terminals	28, including automobile (2), breakbulk (2), bulk (19), containers (4) and cruise (2)
Foreign vessel calls	2,791
Annual container volume	2.2 million TEU
Annual cargo tonnage	102 million metric revenue tons
Value of cargo handled	More than $75 billion CAD
Cruise traffic	898,473 passengers 256 sailings
Direct Gross Domestic Product (GDP)	$10.5 billion CAD (estimated)
Jobs	129,500 in Canada 47,700 direct jobs in B.C.
VFPA Board of Directors
Chair	Craig Neeser
Other board members	Marcella Szel Anne Bancroft-Jones Robert James Carwell Tim Chapman Eugene Kwan Paul Landry Tom Longworth Penny Priddy T. Richard Turner
President and CEO	Robin Silvester
Official Website

Port Metro Vancouver (legally Vancouver Fraser Port Authority) is a non-shareholder, financially self-sufficient corporation, established by the Government of Canada in January 2008, pursuant to the Canada Marine Act, and accountable to the federal Minister of Transport. It is the principal authority for shipping and port-related land and sea use in the Metro Vancouver region. In 2010, it was the largest port by tonnage in Canada and the fourth largest in North America.

History

Prior to merger

Prior to the formation of the new authority, there were three separate port authorities in the Metro Vancouver region: the Port of Vancouver, which was the largest port in Canada; the Fraser River Port Authority; and the North Fraser Port Authority.

Although the ports were financially self-sufficient, the federal legislation governing the authorities generated some inefficiency because the port authorities, legally separate entities, were forced to compete with each other economically for business. This inefficiency came to the attention of the local media in 2006 when it was found that the recently expanded Fraser Surrey Docks, operated by the Fraser River Port Authority in New Westminster, were sitting idle after their principal shipping partner, CP Ships, relocated to the Port of Vancouver, already nearing capacity. Some critics opposed the possible merger as they felt the new authority would not recognize the unique concerns of the Fraser River.

To increase efficiency of the ports of Metro Vancouver, the federal Minister of Transport permitted the three authorities to study the benefits of amalgamating the three authorities in June 2006. The resulting report highlighted several benefits of amalgamation, and on June 16, Transport Canada granted a "certificate of intent to amalgamate port authorities". On December 21, 2007, the government of Canada published a certificate of amalgamation that allowed the three port authorities to merge into one effective January 1, 2008.

Since 2013, VFPA also merged with Canada Place Corporation, which formerly operated Canada Place as a subsidiary of Port of Vancouver.

Major Initiatives

Container Capacity Improvement Program

The Container Capacity Improvement Program (CCIP) is the Port's long-term strategy to meet anticipated growth in container traffic, which is expected to triple by the year 2030. The program consists of projects that both improve the efficiency of existing infrastructure, and look at opportunities to build new infrastructure as demand rises. CCIP projects include the Deltaport Terminal Road and Rail Improvement Project (DTRRIP) and the proposed Roberts Bank Terminal 2 (T2) project.

DTTRIP will result in infrastructure upgrades that would increase Deltaport's container capacity by 600,000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units), within the terminal's existing footprint. The Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project is a proposed marine container terminal that could provide additional capacity of 2.4 million TEUs per year to meet forecast demand until 2030.

North Shore Trade Area projects include:

• Western Level Lower Level Route Extension
• Pemberton Avenue Grade Separation
• Low Level Road Realignment
• Neptune/Cargill Grade Separation
• Brooksbank Avenue Underpass
• Lynn Creek Rail Bridge Addition

South Shore Trade Area projects include:

• Powell Street Grade Separation
• Stewart Street/Victoria Overpass

Business Sectors

Port Metro Vancouver offers 28 deepsea and domestic marine terminals that service five business sectors: automobiles, breakbulk, bulk, containers and cruise.

Terminals and Facilities

Automobile Terminals

• Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics
• Fraser Wharves

Breakbulk Terminals

• Fraser Surrey Docks
• Lynnterm East Gate and West Gate

Bulk Terminals

• Alliance Grain Terminal
• Canexus Chemicals
• Cargill
• Cascadia
• Fibreco
• Ioco
• Kinder Morgan Vancouver Wharves
• Kinder Morgan Westridge
• Lantic Inc.
• Neptune Bulk Terminals
• Pacific Coast Terminals
• Pacific Elevators
• Petro-Canada
• Richardson International
• Robert's Bank Coal Terminals
• Shellburn
• Stanovan
• Univar Canada Terminal
• West Coast Reduction
• Westshore Terminals

Container Terminals

• Centerm
• Deltaport
• Fraser Surrey Docks
• Vanterm

Cruise Terminals

• Ballantyne Pier
• Canada Place

External links

• International Shipping in British Columbia
• Chamber of Shipping (BC): BC Ports handbook (pdf, 258 p.)