Vancouver's Deltaport to get third berth in the fall
Port Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, reports that its $324 million third berth project for the Deltaport container terminal is nearing completion and will be operating on target in the fall.
The project will add 600,000 TEUs of capacity to the current annual 2.3 million TEUs, with a third berth and 20 hectares (49.4 acres) of box storage facilities at the present two-berth container terminal.
A project update by the Port Authority said all the basic structures are in place or substantially completed, 75 per cent of the massive underground services have been installed, and rail systems are being laid down now for three huge new cranes to be delivered later this year.
Construction began in 2006. The third berth is part of a program of upgrading present facilities and building new ones, in order to more than double Vancouver’s box capacity from the current 2.3 million TEUs. The Port Authority is engaged now in the negotiating and planning process to build an entirely new container terminal in the Deltaport area, 25 miles outside the city of Vancouver.
The amalgamated port, from three ports in the area, has suffered along with all others in North America from the global recession. It handled 494,341 TEUs in the first quarter this year, down 15 percent from 582,097 in the first three months last year.
However, in one of the quirks of this recession, and despite the troubles in the North American and even world automotive industry, the Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) auto terminal on Annacis Island, part of the port complex, has registered a five percent increase in volume in the first quarter. It handled more than 44,000 imported vehicles in the period. Market share for some import brands of cars is growing, the Port Update says, with “some customers (enjoying) strong sales with increases over Q1 2008 ranging from +5 percent to more than +25 percent.”
The Update does not say which brands are so lucky.
The project will add 600,000 TEUs of capacity to the current annual 2.3 million TEUs, with a third berth and 20 hectares (49.4 acres) of box storage facilities at the present two-berth container terminal.
A project update by the Port Authority said all the basic structures are in place or substantially completed, 75 per cent of the massive underground services have been installed, and rail systems are being laid down now for three huge new cranes to be delivered later this year.
Construction began in 2006. The third berth is part of a program of upgrading present facilities and building new ones, in order to more than double Vancouver’s box capacity from the current 2.3 million TEUs. The Port Authority is engaged now in the negotiating and planning process to build an entirely new container terminal in the Deltaport area, 25 miles outside the city of Vancouver.
The amalgamated port, from three ports in the area, has suffered along with all others in North America from the global recession. It handled 494,341 TEUs in the first quarter this year, down 15 percent from 582,097 in the first three months last year.
However, in one of the quirks of this recession, and despite the troubles in the North American and even world automotive industry, the Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) auto terminal on Annacis Island, part of the port complex, has registered a five percent increase in volume in the first quarter. It handled more than 44,000 imported vehicles in the period. Market share for some import brands of cars is growing, the Port Update says, with “some customers (enjoying) strong sales with increases over Q1 2008 ranging from +5 percent to more than +25 percent.”
The Update does not say which brands are so lucky.