Located on the north shore of the Port’s inner harbour, Vancouver Wharves offers a variety of inbound and outbound services for bulk and breakbulk shippers moving product to and from all regions of Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest. Vancouver Wharves receives railcars directly from CN Rail and via interchanges from CP and Burlington Northern Santa Fe and is located within five minutes of the Trans-Canada Hwy. The multi-product facility provides some of the most modern and efficient handling capabilities on the west coast. With the capacity to handle as much as 10 million tonnes of cargo annually, the terminal helps to ensure the competitiveness of western Canada’s resource-based industries. For a listing of Vancouver Wharves breakbulk facilities and equipment, click here.

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Bulk Commodities Handled: Mineral concentrates, liquids, sulphur/fertilizers, specialty agriproducts and other dry bulk commodities.

Total Area: 45 hectare site (111 acres)

Berths: Five deepsea berths in total, wharf frontage of 900 metres. Berth 1: depth 13.7 metres. Berths 2 and 3: depth 11.3 metres. Berth 4: depth 12.8 metres. Berth 5: depth 12.8 metres.

Storage: Site total approximately 1 million tonnes. Minerals storage totals approximately 500,000 tonnes in multiple separations. Pulp storage - 35,000 sq. metres covered storage on wide apron dock area. Liquids storage - two 1-million-US-gallon tanks and two 4-million-US-gallon tanks. Sulphur storage totals approximately 175,000 tonnes. Agriproducts storage includes 10 bins that hold approximately 30,000 tonnes in total. Large land base available on which to build more storage.

Rail Services: Multiple track areas including a loop track capable of receiving unit trains. Serviced by CN and regularly receives product via interchange from other railways.

Bulk Equipment: Berth 1: Concentrates

• Concentrate rail car unloader and grab bucket ship unloader crane
• Storage warehouses
• Conveying systems
• Travelling shiploader
• Modern inventory/traffic management systems

Berths 2 and 3: Liquids For a listing of Berth 2/3’s breakbulk facilities and equipment, click here.

• Two liquids rail receiving and ship loading systems
• Four liquids storage tanks
• Modern inventory/traffic management systems

Berth 4: Sulphur and Fertilizers

• Multiple loop tracks can receive 108 sulphur or fertilizer cars at one time
• Dual-purpose (rotary/bottom-dump) rail car dumper
• Conveying system and two quadrant shiploaders
• Modern inventory/traffic management systems

Berths 5: Agriproducts

• Completely separate agriproducts system is purpose-built to provide fast but gentle handling and storage for fragile products
• Multiple loop track can receive up to 112 agriproducts cars at one time
• Modern inventory/traffic management systems