Overview:

The Port of Vancouver (port code: CAVAN), a large commercial port on the west coast of Canada, is located in a narrow bay in the north of Vancouver in the southwest of the country, at 49.17' north latitude and 123.07' west longitude. Ships enter and exit the port via the George Strait and Juan de Fuca Strait. It is 126 nautical miles from Seattle, 447 nautical miles from Prince Rupert, 812 nautical miles from San Francisco, 5100 nautical miles from Shanghai, and 5330 nautical miles from Tianjin. There are railways from Calgary and Winnipeg to the political and economic centers of the east, and many branch railways connect to the industrial and agricultural production bases in the west. The port area is divided into inner and outer ports. The inner port is on both sides of the narrow bay from east to west within the Lionhaimen. The bay is more than 20 kilometers long. The main port area is on the north and south sides of the west. There are more than 20 piers with a water depth of 7-15 meters, more than 60 berths, and a total length of 12 More than kilometers. Among them, general cargo and container terminals are located at the Harvest Memorial Wharf (3 berths 12.2 meters deep) and Winterm Wharf (3 berths 15.5 meters deep) on the south bank.

The Port of Vancouver is the largest port named Canada, the largest in the Pacific Northwest, and the largest port on the west coast of North America with a total cargo of 765 thousand tons.The port merged with the Fraser River Port Authority and the North Fraser Port Authority to form the Port of Vancouver in 2008.

Vancouver is the 50th largest port in the world.

In terms of container throughput measured in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU), the port ranked in 2006, the largest port in Canada, the largest port in the Pacific Northwest, and the fourth largest port on the west coast of North America. The largest in North America.

The Port of Vancouver's annual cargo transactions of 43 billion US dollars, more than 90 transactions economic growth rate. The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is responsible for the port. The Vancouver Port Authority is the company responsible for managing the port. In addition to Vancouver, it also includes all Burrard Inlet and Roberts Bank Superport in the Delta.

The Port of Vancouver is also the world hub of the Canadian shipping company's Asia-Pacific ocean container line.

Port official website: http://www.portmetrovancouver.com

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The port has 25 main shipping terminals: three containers, seventeen bulk cargoes and five bulk cargoes.

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• Vanterm
• Lynnterm
• Van Dock

COSCO container and bulk terminals are leased by Dubai Ports World, P&O Port acquired in 2005.

Port business

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA) was established in 2007 by the merger of the early Fraser River Port Authority, the North Fraser Port Authority, and the Vancouver Port Authority. Created by the Canadian government, VFPA is a financially self-sufficient non-shareholder company and is accountable to the Federal Minister of Transportation. The board of directors representing the government and industry is responsible for VFPA, which focuses on the needs of port users and promotes long-term growth and competitiveness. The VFPA market itself is the Port of Vancouver Metro.

The mission of the Port of Vancouver is to ensure the safe and efficient transportation of goods and sea freight within the port. Conduct maritime patrols, patrol ships, permit dangerous goods, provide navigation and safety advice, and plan events. The Port of Vancouver Metro collaborates with stakeholders including nearby cities and federal agencies. It is integrated with the global transportation network.

The Port Metro Vancouver Port Master is responsible for safe navigation in the port. The Vancouver Harbour Building takes safety and efficiency as the most important plan, tracking and working closely with the marine community. Seaport patrol officers supervise maritime activities and ships and vessels throughout the day.

In 2011, the Port of Vancouver served more than 3,000 ships carrying 122.5 million tons of cargo, including 84.5 million tons of bulk cargo, 16 million tons of bulk cargo, 21.7 million tons of container cargo, 2.5 million TEUs and 298,100 vehicles. The Port of Vancouver also welcomes 663,400 cruise passengers. 95.6 million tons of foreign goods, of which 13.4 million tons were imported and 82.1 million tons were exported. The Port of Vancouver also handled 26.9 million tons of domestic cargo.

The bulk cargo that passed through the Port of Vancouver in 2011 included coal (32.7 million tons); chemicals, metals and minerals (9.4 million tons); chemical fertilizers (10.6 million tons); grain, specialty crops and feed (15.5 million tons); petroleum products ( 6.7 million tons); forest products (8.1 million tons); machinery, vehicles, building materials (2.936 million tons); processed food (1.1 million tons).

In 2011, the Port of Vancouver carried 16 million tons of cargo in Vancouver, including logs (7.3 million tons), groceries (4.2 million tons), paper and cardboard (1.2 million tons) and wood pulp (1.4 million tons).

The 1.3 million TEU containers entering the Port of Vancouver imported 21.7 million tons, of which household goods (2.9 million tons); construction materials (1.2 million tons); and smaller-volume machinery; industrial, automotive and vehicle parts; production; basic metals ; Beverages; chemical products; wood products; paper and cardboard; and meat, fish and poultry.

The 1.1 million TEU container cargo leaving the Port of Vancouver is 12.9 million tons, including wood pulp (2.4 million tons); timber (4.1 million tons); specialty crops (1.7 million tons); and a smaller amount of alkaline metals; meat, Fish and poultry; chemical products; waste paper, paper and cardboard; animal feed; and boards, panels and boards.

In 2011, the Port of Vancouver handled a total of 298,100 vehicles, almost all of which were imported vehicles. The leading supplier of cars is Japan (150,100 vehicles). Other car imports come from South Korea (91,500), the United States (20,000), Germany (5400), Mexico (4300), Sweden (485) and the United Kingdom (485). Except for one outbound train, all the trains went to Japan (32).

In 2011, the Port of Vancouver Metro had nearly 200 cruises and carried 663,400 passengers. Among them, the number of passengers boarding reached 32.87 person-times and 32.36 person-times disembarking.

The Port of Vancouver Metro Station has 17 terminals that handle bulk cargoes ranging from coal, potash, sulphur, chemicals and fuel oil to grain. Bulk cargo accounts for 75% of the port of Vancouver's throughput each year, making it the busiest foreign trade export port in North America. The Metropolitan Terminal in the Port of Vancouver provides a wealth of experience for modern and efficient facilities and operators.

The Port of Vancouver Metro contains facilities in four areas: Burrard Inlet East, North Shore, Roberts Bank and South Shore. The Burrard Inlet East Hotel in the Port of Vancouver is home to private operations including Imperial Oil IOCO, Kinder Morgan, Canexus Chemicals, Pacific Coast Terminal, PetroCanada, Shellburn and Stanovan. Imperial Petroleum IOCO processes fuel oil and marine gas oil at two berths for barges and coastal tanks, up to 15,000 deadweight tons, 135 meters long, and a maximum draft of 8.8 meters. Imperial Oil does not serve third-party carriers.

The Port of Vancouver Metro Station started a planning process called the Port of 2050 in 2010 to develop a strategic vision for the future, guide corporate priorities, determine new initiatives, and transform Vancouver Port Vancouver’s operations in the 21st century. The planning process combines a series of expert groups, group discussions and scenario building seminars with research and analysis.

• container terminal

Deltaport is the largest container terminal and the largest employer of the Port of Vancouver Metro. The Deltaport terminal is located in Roberts Bank, which can handle the largest modern container ships and is equipped with container cranes to provide services for super Panamax vessels.

Terminal Systems Corporation. It has a long-term lease agreement with Vancouver Port Metro to operate Deltaport and provide services for containers and project cargo. The 85-hectare facility includes three berths with a total length of 1,100 meters (3609 feet) and a depth of 15.8 meters (51.8 feet). The third berth of Deltaport in the Port of Vancouver was opened in 2010, increasing the container handling capacity of the terminal to 600,000 TEU.

The Deltaport container yard has a capacity of 24,000 TEUs, and the latest berth at the Port of Vancouver Metro Station will increase the container storage area to 20 hectares. The facility has a terminal multimodal transport terminal, provided by 8,000 meters (3,500 feet) of railway tracks, for a total of 8,500 meters (28,000 feet) of track.

The Deltaport container yard covers 251 hectares with a stacking volume of 41,250 TEU and is three stories high. It includes 1,020 refrigerated point sockets, 440 volts electricity. The Deltaport of Port Metro Vancouver has ten gantry cranes with a load capacity of 50 to 75 tons. Metro Deltaport at the Port of Vancouver also has 36 multi-trailer systems, including 27 three-trailers and 77 single-trailers. There are six paving machines in the Vancouver Port Metro Station, including 14 container machines and 12 empty handlers. Deltaport also has 77 stand-alone tractors and 27 MTS.

Burrard Inlet's Centerm terminal handles bulk cargo and containers in the Port of Vancouver area. Centerm is located in the inner harbour and is provided by three railways with immediate access to the country’s road system.

Canada DP World Canada operates a 31-hectare Centerm facility, which is leased for a long-term lease with Vancouver Port Metro. Bulk cargo includes forest products and projects and bulk cargo. Centerm contains two berths with a depth of 15.5 meters (50.9 feet). The Port of Vancouver is the main gateway for Pacific Northwest trade in Vancouver's Asia-Pacific region. The terminal serves the local market in British Columbia, but is also connected by intermodal railroads between eastern Canada and the Midwestern United States. The terminal is served by Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railways.

DP of the Port of Vancouver is the world leader in applying advanced technology to Centerm's cargo handling services. This includes GPS tracking gantry and optical character reader (OCR) used on trucks and railroad gates and gantry cranes. In 2007, DP World Vancouver became the first North American container terminal to obtain the highest independent safety certification (ISO/PAS 28000).

Vancouver Port Vancouver’s 31-hectare Vanterm is a modern, fully equipped double-berth container terminal with a five-track terminal multimodal railway. Vanterm is operated by TSI Terminal Systems under a long-term agreement with the Port of Vancouver Metro.

The Marriott Metro in the Port of Vancouver handles container and project cargo and bulk oil. The berth is 619 meters (2030 feet) long and has a depth of 15.2 meters to 15.5 meters (49.9 to 50.9 feet). The container yard can hold 7,000 TEUs. Vanterm in the Vancouver port area includes a 12-hectare container terminal with a 5-height 7-foot stack and a total capacity of more than 10,300 TEU. It includes 360 refrigeration points and 440 points of voltage.

There is also a regular cargo berth at the Vanterm Wharf of the Port of Vancouver Metro Station. The length is 183 meters (600 feet) and the depth is 15.2 meters (49.9 feet).

The Vanterm terminal of Port Metro Vancouver is equipped with six high-speed super post-Panamax terminal gantry, six-track rail multimodal railway terminal, and the track distance exceeds 2.7 kilometers (9,600 feet). Vanterm is equipped with six gantry cranes with a capacity of 50 to 75 tons, 20 unloading gantry cranes, 59 trailers, 16 toplifts, two reach stackers, eight empty handling, and 45 dock tractors.

Fraser Surrey Docks LP is a multi-purpose marine terminal of the Metro Vancouver Port, which has been in operation since 1962. This Vancouver port terminal has six berths and can accommodate ships up to 11.7 meters (38.4 feet). Fraser Surrey Wharf supports 300 to 400 marine vessels to Panama models each year.

The Fraser Surrey Wharf at the Port of Vancouver Metro Station has a quay area of ​​53 hectares, four 80-ton container cranes and 3.1 hectares of covered storage. There are more than 3,000 meters (100,000 feet) of railway tracks in the Fraser Surrey Wharf. The facility is close to two main highway routes to avoid heavy urban traffic. Barge traffic is in a separate berth with a hydraulically controlled ramp.

In 2007, the Fraser Surrey Terminal in the Port of Vancouver handled more than 185,000 TEUs of containerized cargo. The terminal container terminal can hold more than 8,000 containers and has insertion points for refrigerated containers. This Vancouver Port Metro includes a container freight system and cargo transportation capacity. The cargo management system manages the complete inventory of containers and provides customers with secure online access to data.

Fraser Surrey Docks also handles export packaged timber as well as steel plates, coils, wires, beams, poles, other structural products and project cargo. Pacific Rim Stevedoring supports this Vancouver Port Metro Station. The Fraser Surrey Wharf terminal is connected by rail to the Canadian National Railway, Burlington North Santa Fe Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway and British Columbia Southern Railway. In addition to the wharf tracks, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority also retains nearly 5.5 kilometers (3.4 miles) of railway station tracks.

The Fraser Surrey Wharf of the Port of Vancouver Metro Station has a Shed Two, a covered truck bay that can accommodate three trucks at the same time, and can accommodate up to 30 trucks a day. Additional truck handling capacity can also be activated. The Fraser Surrey Wharf in the Port of Vancouver contains warehouses and transshipment facilities. Pulp and paper warehouses meet the highest standards to prevent product damage or contamination.

• Bulk Cargo and Bulk Cargo Terminal

Bulk cargo (dry and liquid) accounts for approximately 66% of the annual tonnage of the Port of Vancouver. There are a variety of export commodities in western Canada, and the port of Vancouver often has flights and various maritime and transportation services to support all kinds of cargo.

With the capacity to handle 17 million tons of cargo each year, the Port of Vancouver Neptune Volkswagen Terminal is the largest multi-product bulk terminal in North America. Located in the inner port, this 29-hectare facility provides loading and unloading services and storage for a range of bulk commodities, including the export of thermal and metallurgical coal, potash, animal feed, specialty grains, bulk fertilizer and canola oil.

The berth 1 of the Port Metro Vancouver Neptune Volkswagen Wharf is 230 meters long, 15.24 meters deep, and can hold 180,000 deadweight tons. Berth 2 is 230 meters long and 13.7 meters deep. It can accommodate Panamax vessels up to 85,000 deadweight tons. Berth 3 is 100 meters long, 13 meters deep, and can accommodate 6,500 deadweight tons. The coal storage capacity of No. 1 is 600,000 tons. Berth 2 has the capacity to store 300,000 tons of potash fertilizer and 19,000 tons of rapeseed oil. These Port Metro Vancouver facilities are served by an eight-kilometer continuous loop track.

Vancouver’s Westshore Terminal in Vancouver is Canada’s main coal export facility and the largest dry bulk terminal on the western coast of the Americas. The Port Roberts Bank, located in the Port of Vancouver in the Delta, handles coal and coke on the 40-hectare Westshore terminal. Berth 1 is 350 meters long, 22.9 meters deep, and can hold 260,000 deadweight tons. Berth 2 is 263 meters long, 20.8 meters deep, and can accommodate 150,000 deadweight tons. The facility has two circulating rails and two rotating rail car dump trucks as well as an extensive high-speed conveyor system.

Canexus Chemicals has a chemical terminal on the north shore of Burrard Inlet in the Port of Vancouver. The facility produces chlorine, sodium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid and is committed to the "Responsible Care" program of the Canadian Chemical Manufacturers Association. Operated by Canada's Canexus Chemical Company, this Vancouver Port Metro facility handles imported bulk sea salt and exports caustic soda and sodium chlorate. The length is 152 meters and the berth length is 10.6 meters. The salt storage capacity of the facility is 22,000 tons and the storage capacity is 61,000 tons. The terminal is served by a 7.6-meter yard track.

Vancouver Port Vancouver’s 9.3 hectare Fibreco Wharf is one of the largest and most modern wood chip processing facilities in the world. It can produce 2 million tons of loose wood chips every year, the berth can hold 265 meters long and the maximum draft is 11.5 meters. This Vancouver Port Metro Station has a storage capacity of 240 tons of wood chips. The facility can receive bulk cargo from ships with a gear-to-land conveyor system. It can unload wood chips from trucks, railroads, barges and ships. It can load cargo onto barges and ships.

The James Richardson International (JRI) terminal at the Burrard entrance in the Port of Vancouver exports an average of three million tons of grain annually, including rapeseed and grain exports to Pacific Rim countries. The JRI terminal of the Port of Vancouver Metro handles wheat, canola, rye, barley, fodder and flax. The berth is 180 meters long and 15.24 meters deep, and has the capacity to store 108,000 tons of grain.

The Western Transport Company operates the Vancouver Forest Service in the Port of Vancouver, the Pacific Northwest Center, which is used to consolidate forest products, steel and bulk cargo. The terminal handles wood pulp, paper, timber, logs, steel products, panel products, machinery and project cargo. The facility has seven full concrete berths with a total length of 1516 meters and a low depth of 12 to 15 meters.

The 59-hectare Linnte facility in the Port of Vancouver area has 81,700 square meters of covered storage space and 380,000 square meters of open storage space. Its 8 warehouses are used for forest products, general cargo and steel. The Canadian National Railways provides direct services and connections to all major railways. The facility contains approximately 9 kilometers of track connected to the storage facility.

Located in the port of Vancouver, Burrard Inlet, the Union Grain Terminal under the guidance of farmers is one of Canada’s largest grain processing operations. Vancouver Port Metro Company is located in Burnaby and is a company that handles petroleum products. Its operator, Suncor, is one of the country's largest integrated oil and gas companies.

Cargill Wharf is located on the north shore of Burrard Inlet. This Vancouver Port Metro Station handles wheat, barley, canola, durum wheat and grain by-products. Its operator, Cargill Co., Ltd., is one of Canada's largest agricultural products processors.

The Saskatchewan wheat pond in the Vancouver port area handles wheat, canola, durum wheat, barley and grain by-products at two berths. Each berth is 230 meters long and 15.5 meters deep. The equipment has the capacity to store 240,000 tons of grain.

The Vancouver Port Terminal handles bulk and bulk cargo. Operated by Kinder Morgan Canada Terminals Co., Ltd., these terminals in the inner port of Vancouver can handle up to 10 million tons of cargo each year. The main bulk cargoes are pulp and paper. Bulk cargo includes mineral concentrates, sulfur and fertilizers, liquids, specialty agricultural products and other dry bulk commodities. This 45-hectare Vancouver terminal facility includes five deep-sea berths up to 900 meters long, with depths ranging from 11.2 meters to 13.7 meters.

These ports Metro Vancouver terminals have the capacity to store one million tons of cargo. The scale of storage facilities is about 500,000 tons of minerals, 175,000 tons of sulfuric acid, and 30,000 tons of agricultural products. The Vancouver Wharves facility also includes 35,000 square meters of pulp covered storage, four tanks with a total capacity of 10 million gallons of liquid, and ample land for additional storage. These Port Metro Vancouver terminals are served by several track areas and circular tracks that can receive unit trains.

Saskatchewan Wheat Pool owns and operates the Cascadia Wharf at the Port of Vancouver, the Port of Vancouver under the name Viterra. The Cascadia terminal processes wheat, canola, barley, durum wheat, rye, oats and by-products. The berth is 274 meters long and 15.2 meters deep. The facility has the capacity to store 282,000 tons of cargo.

The Port of Vancouver Pacific Elevator is owned and operated by Vitra. The Pacific Elevator facility contains three berths that handle rapeseed, peas, flax, agricultural products and by-products. Berth 1 is a 185-meter-long sleeper with a depth of 9.6 meters. Berth 2 is a 215-meter-long loading berth with a depth of 13.7 meters. Berth 4 is 305 meters long and 10.2 meters deep. The Pacific Elevator facility in the Port of Vancouver includes a storage capacity of 199,000 tons of cargo, which is transported by rail.

In 2011, Fraser Surrey Docks opened a new state-of-the-art agricultural facility to process large quantities of agricultural products such as rapeseed, malt and lentils. The facility has a rail car belly dump system with a conveyor belt and weighing system.

Rogers Sugar is a major processor, distributor and marketer of sugar products in Western Canada, including granulated sugar, icing, yellow and brown sugar, as well as liquid sugar and syrup. Refineries can produce up to 240 tons of sugar each year from imported raw sugar. With a length of 130 meters and a depth of 9.1 meters, the Rogers Sugar Berth in Vancouver Port received a large amount of raw sugar imports.

The Port of Vancouver is a major center for bulk cargo handling such as forest products, machinery and steel. The bulk cargo port accounts for approximately 14% of the annual throughput of the metro port and is handled by two terminals. The multi-purpose terminal Fraser Surrey Docks can handle general cargo, timber, logs, wood pulp and steel in addition to containers.

The bulk cargo terminal at the Port of Vancouver Metro Station has ample storage space, terminal rail services and customized inventory management. The bulk cargo terminal provides a depth of 15 meters at low tide. Shredded paper cargo includes pulp, plywood, wood and newsprint. The Port of Vancouver has three container terminals, and the container handling capacity will reach 4 million TEUs by 2012.

• Oil/liquid terminal

Port Metro Pacific Coast Terminal Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet area is the world’s largest and most automated marine terminal for the export of sulfur and bulk liquids. The Pacific Coast Terminal exceeds 3.5 million tons of sulfur and 750,000 tons of ethylene glycol each year. The terminal covers an area of ​​43 hectares and contains two berths. Berth 1, handling bulk liquids, is 237 meters long and 12 meters deep. Berth 2, handling sulfur, is 293 meters long and 12 meters deep, and can handle 70,000 deadweight tons of Panamax ships.

The Port Metro Vancouver Pacific Coast Terminal has the capacity to store 220,000 tons of sulfur, 55,000 tons of ethylene glycol, and another 11,200 tons of unused bottling. The Pacific Coast Terminal has an additional 15,000 tons of infrastructure. This Vancouver Port Metro facility is served by a four-kilometer railway serviced by the Canadian Pacific. The sulfur loading rate is 5000 tons/hour, and the ethylene glycol loading rate is 800 tons/hour.

Petro-Canada, one of Canada's largest integrated oil and gas companies, operates the Burrard Strait facility in the Port of Vancouver at Buraby. The facility has two berths for processing petroleum products. The west berth is 45 meters long, the berth can hold 40,000 deadweight tons, and the draft is 11.8 meters. The east berth is 40 meters and the minimum depth is 6 meters.

Kinder Morgan operates the Westridge Marine Terminal in Port Metro Vancouver Siberia to import and store jet fuel. The terminal also handles crude oil and petroleum products. The main dock is 91.4 meters long and 11 meters deep. It can accommodate ships up to 250 meters long and can reach up to 100,000 deadweight tons. The storage tank used for jet fuel has a capacity of 45 cubic meters, and the terminal is connected to off-site storage with a capacity of approximately 120,000 cubic meters of crude oil. This Vancouver Port Metro Station has the capacity to load 2,600 cubic meters per hour and unload 1,600 cubic meters per hour.

The Vancouver Port Metro facility is operated by Shell Canada Ltd. in Burnaby. Shellburn Terminal handles petroleum products and styrene. The outer berth is 122 meters long and 8.9 meters deep, and the internal berth is 94 meters long and 5.2 meters deep.

The Stanovan Wharf operated by Chevron Canada Ltd., located in the Port of Vancouver Metro, is a 52,000 barrel oil refinery that produces gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and asphalt. The berth is 85 meters long, with mooring buoys, and 12.5 meters deep.

The 3-hectare Canadian Wharf of the Port of Vancouver Metro handles caustic soda solution, dichloroethane and ethylene glycol. The seventh Lynnterm berth is 200 meters long and 11.6 meters deep. It used to operate at the Dow Chemical Wharf of the Vancouver Port Metro Station in Canada. Victoria, Canada, has a tank farm with rail capacity of 24 rail vehicles. The facility can store 36,000 tons of caustic soda and 26,000 tons of dichloroethane.

West Coast Reduction Co., Ltd. On the South Bank of Vancouver Port, is a leader in the rendering industry, responsible for rendering factories and bulk warehouses. The products are pumped underground to storage tanks before being transported. The Vancouver Port Metro facility also includes a commercial tank farm capable of storing 57,000 metric tons. The facility processes inedible butter, poultry meal, feather meal, blood meal, fish meal and fish oil. Its two berths can accommodate container ships and large bulk carriers.

• Ro/Ro Pier

The Vancouver Gateway handles approximately 400,000 vehicles each year, enabling the Port of Vancouver to handle vehicles at the three major ports on the west coast. Two Port Metro Vancouver Terminals provide distributors across the country. These terminals can also handle other types of goods, such as heavy rolling machinery and equipment.

The Wallenius Wilhelmsen logistics bus station in Vancouver is located on the Fraser River. The terminal handles automotive products from BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Nissan, Subaru, Hyundai, Mitsubishi and Kia.

Fraser Wharves is also located on the banks of the ice-free Fraser River and has been serving the Port of Vancouver and the automobile transportation industry since 1971. The Port of Vancouver is the second largest port from Japan and Asia, and the Fraser Wharf can berth the world's largest pure automobile transportation company. This Vancouver Port Metro station handles products from Lexus, Toyota, Mazda, Suzuki and GM Daewoo. Fraser Wharves operates an integrated vehicle distribution center that provides ship berthing and unloading, vehicle repair and distribution, and delivery to Canada and the continental United States.

The Port of Vancouver Fraser Wharf covers an area of ​​43.3 hectares and has 14,000 vehicles. The concrete pier is 153 meters (500 feet) long and 11.5 meters (37.7 feet) deep. The terminal is served by 73 rail vehicles from each exchange, and there are ten acres available for truck loading.

• Cruise terminal

The Port of Vancouver is the most popular cruising destination in Vancouver-Alaska. Therefore, the Port of Vancouver Metro welcomes up to one million passengers each year and has the friendliest cruise port in North America. Cerescorp (Ceres) has a long-term terminal management and cruise service agreement with the Vancouver Port Metro Station.

Ceres operates two cruise terminals at the Port of Vancouver Metro Station, one at Canada Place and the other at Ballantyne Wharf. Each year, the terminal handles approximately 200 ships and 600,000 passengers from the world's top cruise lines. Ceres handles more than 40,000 roll/roll-off machines each year. Ceres also supports Fraser Wharves and Wallenius Wilhelmsen logistics terminals.

• Port service

The jurisdiction of the Port of Vancouver is not limited to industrial ports and waterfronts. It is also responsible for recreational beaches and protected areas. The entertainment waterfront in the Port of Vancouver area offers residents and visitors a variety of opportunities. In addition to the wonderful sea view, the seaside also has access to beaches and water activities. The demand for private entertainment terminals continues to increase, and the Port of Vancouver Metro Station must balance the needs of residential owners, Aboriginals, regional municipalities and port communities. To achieve this balance, the Port of Vancouver Metro is developing a recreational waterfront management plan for Burrard Inlet, the Indian Arm and the Port Moody Arm.