Deltaport 's new third berth officially opens

DELTA, BC, January 18th 2010 Today, Global Container Terminals and Port Metro Vancouver, along with government officials officially opened the new $400 million third berth at Deltaport container terminal.

Deltaport is the largest container terminal in Canada, handling approximately 45 percent of the containerized cargo that moves through Canadas west coast and more than half of the containerized cargo through Port Metro Vancouver. The project, which took two years to construct, increases Deltaports capacity by up to 50 per cent from 1.2 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) to 1.8 million TEUs, and adds approximately 20 hectares of container storage facilities and the first quad cranes in North and South America.

Every container that lands at the port generates approximately $2,200 in economic output. The new third berth will increase Deltaports capacity by 50 percent and create 356 new jobs, said Michael Moore, President and CEO of Global Container Terminals. Global Container Terminals is proud to have contributed to this major infrastructure investment for the future of Canadas Pacific Gateway.




Deltaports ongoing expansion project is in direct response to the growing needs of Canadian industry and consumer demand. Construction of the new berth began in January 2007 and was completed in December 2009. It was developed in an environmentally sustainable manner, with more than $25 million spent on habitat compensation and long-term monitoring of the local ecosystem. The shared $400 million infrastructure investment was completed on-budget and on-time by Port Metro Vancouver and Global Container Terminals, and created 640 person years of employment during construction.

Port Metro Vancouver has also provided an additional $2 million in funding to the Corporation of Delta for community amenities to help revitalize the local waterfront area of Ladner Village. And as part of the Deltaport third berth project, the Tsawwassen First Nation was awarded $2.1 million in construction contracts and 19 person years of construction-related employment.

Over the next ten years, container traffic through the west coast is expected to double, said Robin Silvester, President and CEO, Port Metro Vancouver. The new berth at Deltaport is part of a long-term plan to strengthen Canadas Pacific Gateway and ensure our ability to accommodate the growth in container trade, in particular with Pacific Rim economies like China.

Container imports through Deltaport typically carry consumer goods such as food, electronics, furniture and clothing; whereas container exports generally consist of Canadian resources such as lumber, pulp, specialty grain products and Canadian manufactured products such as machinery.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Global Container Terminals
• TSI
• Deltaport
• Canada