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2/1/2010 3:00:00 AM
Vancouver, BC – Port Metro Vancouver’s 2009 year-end cargo statistics report significant growth in grain, specialty crops and petroleum products, a modest increase in export laden container volume, and a decrease in total container count. Overall, the Port’s 2009 total tonnage declined 11 per cent compared to 2008.
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1/18/2010 10:00:00 AM
On January 18, Global Container Terminals and Port Metro Vancouver, along with government officials, officially opened the new $400 million third berth at Deltaport container terminal.
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1/8/2010 10:51:23 AM
Port Metro Vancouver will soon welcome cruise ships from Holland America Line, Carnival Cruise Lines and Norwegian Cruise Lines to Vancouver as they arrive to provide accommodation for tourists and security forces.
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12/24/2009 11:28:27 AM
Port gala partners, alongside members of the Mission Possible community and gala supporters from the last ten years, joined together to celebrate ten years of contributions to the downtown eastside charity.
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12/16/2009 2:07:00 PM
Port Metro Vancouver is seeking Expressions of Interest from parties interested and qualified to undertake annual maintenance dredging of the Fraser River deep-sea and domestic channels on a long-term, contractual basis.
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12/8/2009 3:03:00 PM
Port Metro Vancouver will relocate its seven New Westminster employees to its downtown Vancouver office on December 15, 2009.
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12/2/2009 1:56:50 PM
CN and its locomotive engineers, represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, have reached a tentative agreement to end strike action.
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11/30/2009 10:18:13 AM
On Friday, November 27, Port Metro Vancouver urged the Government of Canada to pursue every avenue available to them to encourage CN and TCRC to resume negotiations or otherwise reach a settlement, as effectively and as quickly as possible.
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11/26/2009 4:36:57 PM
On November 25, CN received notice from the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) of its plan to strike at 0001 on November 28, 2009. CN and the TCRC will meet to discuss the contract on November 27 with the help of federal mediators. CN intends to continue train operations in the event of job action.
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10/13/2009 3:38:28 PM
Canada's Prime Minister visited Port Metro Vancouver on Tuesday, October 13th to make a funding announcement.
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10/12/2009 7:00:00 AM
Port Metro Vancouver's cruise season ends October 12.
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10/1/2009 5:24:37 PM
To ensure continued fluid operations and minimize community impacts, Port Metro Vancouver has informed CN to limit its trucking operations.
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9/23/2009 12:00:00 AM
Funding of nearly $42 million for 14 Port Metro Vancouver infrastructure projects, under the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund was announced at a news conference in Vancouver today.
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9/18/2009 11:54:06 AM
Vancouver’s two cruise ship terminals will be experiencing unusually high passenger volumes on Sunday, September 20 and Monday September 21 due to the arrival in port of a number of large capacity cruise ships.
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9/11/2009 11:27:45 AM
Vancouver is the first Canadian Port for Disney Cruise Line with the "Disney Wonder" bound for Alaska in 2011.
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9/10/2009 11:46:51 AM
Further to the September 3 announcement regarding the new executive structure for Port Metro Vancouver, Robin Silvester, President and Chief Executive Officer, has announced the new department structure and the directors who will lead each department.
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9/3/2009 11:00:00 AM
Port Metro Vancouver announces smaller and more streamlined Executive Team.
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8/31/2009 5:55:36 PM
Port Metro Vancouver today unveiled its new shore power facility at the Canada Place cruise ship terminal. The port is the first in Canada to install shore power for cruise ships, and only the third in the world to do so.
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8/28/2009 5:25:26 PM
The first of many visits by the shipping giant began on Sunday, August 23rd.
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8/28/2009 5:01:02 PM
Participants in precedent-setting environmental initiative to gather for commissioning of shore power system.
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