Container Capacity Improvement Program

Program update

• Topographic Land Survey

  February 14, 2012

  As part of the Container Capacity Improvement Program, Port Metro Vancouver is conducting topographic land surveys in and around Roberts Bank to gather data to assist in the detailed engineering design for the road and rail improvements at Deltaport.

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Planning for Growth in Canadian Trade

The Container Capacity Improvement Program (CCIP) is our long-term strategy to reliably support growing international trade in an efficient and sustainable manner. As an integral component of the program, we are assessing potential efficiency gains throughout Lower Mainland container facilities.

Container traffic through Canada’s Pacific Gateway is expected to double over the next 10 to 15 years, and nearly triple by 2030. This projected increase in Canadian international trade necessitates planning now to meet future demand. Our current economic projections conclude approximately four million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of additional capacity will be needed to meet future West Coast container demand by 2030. We must ensure capacity is in place to reliably and efficiently meet the anticipated demand and support the growth in Canadian trade for decades to come.