British Columbia

British Columbia

Second Quarter 2011-2013 West Coast Market Shares - U.S. Pacific North West vs. Canada. Source: Individual Ports
Canada, California Ports Grow West Coast Market Share
First Quarter 2011-2013 West Coast Market Shares. Source: Ports’ published data
Canada’s West Coast Ports Hold Onto 2012 Gains
Chart showing divergent growth at North America's West Coast ports.
Canada's West Coast Ports on the Rise in 2012
Prince Rupert port congestion ebbing
26 Sep 2017
Port officials at Prince Rupert said terminal operator DP World is on schedule to restore dwell times and clearing terminal congestion.
Maersk joins Cosco diverting cargo away from Prince Rupert
21 Sep 2017
Terminal operator DP World is nearing completion on a $200 million upgrade to its Fairview Container Terminal at Prince Rupert, but remaining construction to landside infrastructure has roiled port productivity.
Transload facility to boost Prince Rupert volume, carrier pull
14 Aug 2017
The new terminal, pulling in grain carloads from the western Canadian provinces and the US Midwest, will help alleviate equipment shortages for North American outbound moves.
Acquisition drives logistics provider NFI deeper into Canada
04 Jan 2017
NFI's acquisition of Dominion Warehousing and Distribution is the latest of several cross-border deals between US and Canadian logistics and transport operators.
Industrial land shortage threatens Port Metro Vancouver
17 Apr 2016
Canada's largest port could run into a "brick wall" limiting maritime expansion in coming years, unless provincial rules restricting land use can modified and some local political ill-will overcome.
New LCL service through Canada billed as free of US harbor taxes
11 Aug 2015
Customs broker A.N. Deringer is billing its new less-than-containerload service from Hong Kong to Toronto as faster than via U.S. West Coast offerings, and free of U.S. harbor maintenance taxes and customs paperwork.
Seattle-Tacoma volume recovery lags rival Canadian traffic
19 May 2015
Container traffic in Seattle-Tacoma returned to normal in April as the vessel and container backlogs that had developed over four months of labor slowdowns dissipated.
Port Metro Vancouver takes step toward new container terminal
07 May 2015
Port Metro Vancouver, Canada’s largest port, is a step closer to building a new container terminal. The port has submitted an environmental impact statement for a new three-berth container terminal in Delta, British Columbia.
Seattle, Tacoma ports lose share to Canadian ports
04 May 2015
Seattle and Tacoma took a big hit in the first quarter as its market share among Canadian Pacific Northwest ports took a dive amid longshore labor disruption.
Port Metro Vancouver, Centerm truck gate
Port Metro Vancouver drayage licensing program hits a bump
23 Apr 2015
The harbor trucking licensing program at Port Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, took a hit after a federal judge ruled the port’s selection process was unfair and that rejected applications need to be reconsidered.