Port of Vancouver (1964-2008)

The port of Vancouver (English Port of Vancouver ) is the largest seaport of Canada and the Pacific Northwest, the second largest seaport on the west coast of North America and also the most diversified of the continent. For the management of the port area to the next to the City of Vancouver and the entire Burrard Inlet and the include Roberts Bank Super port in Delta, founded in 1964, the state-owned company Vancouver Port Authority is responsible. There are 25 hubs, including three for containers, 17 for bulk and general cargo for five.

Goods are traded with a value of CAD 43 billion with more than 90 countries each year. The port will create about 69,200 jobs and generates 4 billion CAD ​​gross domestic product. In the year 2005 2677 ships entered with 76.5 million NRT to the port. In addition, 1.7 million containers were handled. From May to September Vancouver is the starting point of many cruise ships; traveled from the docks Canada Place and Ballantine out in 2005, around 910,000 passengers, mainly in the direction of Alaska.

History

With the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914, the Port of Vancouver was able to become a serious competitor to other major ports. Due to its location the port could provide an alternative shipping route to Europe. At the beginning of 1920 fought the provincial government of British Columbia against the freight rate, the discriminated vessel traffic through additional taxes and duties as opposed to Zugfracht. The successful elimination of freight rates and the establishment of a regulatory authority, the Harbour Commission ( 1923), which was the predecessor agency of the Port Authority ), the freight traffic has become increasingly important. In the year 1930, increased the amount of commercial freight traffic, making it the largest gain in Vancouver Economie.

On 1 January 2008, the merger of North Fraser Port Authority and the Fraser River Port Authority and therefore the re-establishment of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority was.

Statistics and capacity utilization

In 2006, 79.4 million tons of cargo were handled. An increase of 4% in comparison with the 76.5 million tons in 2005. One of the largest import and export countries include (in millions of tonnes):

  • China - 16,310
  • Japan - 15,574
  • South Korea - 7145
  • United States of America - 3647
  • Brazil - 3101
  • Germany - 2727
  • Taiwan - 2594
  • Mexico - 1742
  • India - 1719
  • Italy - 1638

Expansion

Studies assume that the container cargo traffic will triple to the West Coast of North America in twenty years. Due to this development, the port operating company announced expanding its container capacity.

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