Port Metro Vancouver expects to begin operations late next year at a third Deltaport container berth now under construction.
Bucking a trend towards lower container traffic in the Pacific Northwest, the new terminal will expand capacity by 500,000 TEUs at the British Columbia port complex.
Vancouver handled 1.9 million TEUs this year to Sept. 30, up 3 percent from 1.85 million in the previous-year period.
"We are probably three-quarters of the way towards completion of the marine work in dollar terms, about C$195.1 million, which is the largest part of Port Metro Vancouver’s share in the project," said Tim Glasheen, director of engineering and maintenance.
Deltaport terminal operator TSI Terminal Systems Inc. has begun work on the first contract as part of its part of the project, burying all utilities on the 50-acre site.
Glasheen said all work will be completed by the third quarter of 2009 and the new terminal will be in operation by the fourth quarter.
Excavation of 900,000 cubic meters of sand and silt is completed, for a ship approach channel, the wharf, and a tug basin. The latter now is operating. A third of the excavated material will go toward fill for the 50 acres of new land being created for the project.
A 435-meter-long trench has been dug and 10 rock-filled caissons constructed to form the wharf for post-Panamax ships, which will have an alongside depth of 52 feet. Environmental work will create new fish and bird habitats, and rock reefs, in the area.
Bucking a trend towards lower container traffic in the Pacific Northwest, the new terminal will expand capacity by 500,000 TEUs at the British Columbia port complex.
Vancouver handled 1.9 million TEUs this year to Sept. 30, up 3 percent from 1.85 million in the previous-year period.
"We are probably three-quarters of the way towards completion of the marine work in dollar terms, about C$195.1 million, which is the largest part of Port Metro Vancouver’s share in the project," said Tim Glasheen, director of engineering and maintenance.
Deltaport terminal operator TSI Terminal Systems Inc. has begun work on the first contract as part of its part of the project, burying all utilities on the 50-acre site.
Glasheen said all work will be completed by the third quarter of 2009 and the new terminal will be in operation by the fourth quarter.
Excavation of 900,000 cubic meters of sand and silt is completed, for a ship approach channel, the wharf, and a tug basin. The latter now is operating. A third of the excavated material will go toward fill for the 50 acres of new land being created for the project.
A 435-meter-long trench has been dug and 10 rock-filled caissons constructed to form the wharf for post-Panamax ships, which will have an alongside depth of 52 feet. Environmental work will create new fish and bird habitats, and rock reefs, in the area.