The Port of Vancouver is home to 29 major marine terminals, three Class 1 railroads, a regional short line railroad, and a full range of facilities and services that handle cargo and passengers across five different business sectors:

  • Automobile
  • Breakbulk and Project Cargo
  • Bulk
  • Container
  • Cruise

Cargo terminals are operated and managed by independent third-party operators. The Canada Place cruise terminal at the Port of Vancouver is owned by the port authority, and we engage SSA Marine to manage terminal operations during the cruise season. These terminals, along with the railways, trucking companies, and other shipping and logistics companies that service the port, help move approximately $300 billion in goods to and from Canada each year. 

Port of Vancouver aerial

Moving cargo through the port

As the port authority, we don’t decide what goods can be imported and exported. We also aren’t involved in shipping, tracking, or transloading the goods that move through port lands and waters.

For questions about shipping and tracking goods, please contact your shipping line or freight forwarder.

For questions about importing or exporting goods, please contact:

Automobiles

The Port of Vancouver receives nearly 100% of all Asian-manufactured imports destined for the Canadian market and serves more than a dozen of the world’s top auto manufacturers. 

   

Location

Fraser River in Delta 

 

Operator

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Solutions (WWS) Vehicle Services Canada Ltd. 

 

Description

Handles automobile manufacturers such as General Motors Daewoo, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru, Suzuki and Toyota. 

Location

Fraser River in Richmond

 

Operator

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Solutions (WWS) Vehicle Services Canada Ltd. 

 

Description

Handles automobile manufacturers such as General Motors Daewoo, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru, Suzuki and Toyota. Richmond Auto Terminal was previously known as Fraser Wharves. 

Breakbulk and project cargo

The Port of Vancouver serves as the Pacific Northwest’s major consolidation centre for breakbulk cargo such as forest products, steel and machinery. 

Location

Surrey, Fraser River 

 

Operator

DP World Fraser Surrey 

 

Description

DP World Fraser Surrey is a multi-purpose marine terminal that handles containers, and breakbulk commodities such as general cargo, logs, steel, machinery and project cargo. 

Location

North Vancouver, North Shore Burrard Inlet 

 

Operator

SSA Marine

 

Description

Lynnterm is the consolidation centre for forest products, steel and other breakbulk commodities in the Pacific Northwest. It handles wood pulp and paper, lumber, panel products, steel products, project cargo, and machinery. 

Bulk

Dry and liquid bulk cargoes account for more than two-thirds of the annual tonnage moved through the Port of Vancouver.

Location

Vancouver, South Shore Burrard Inlet 

 

Operator

Alliance Grain Terminal Ltd. 

 

Description

Alliance Grain Terminal handles wheat, canola, grain and other grain products. It is owned by Parrish and Heimbecker, Paterson Global Foods, and North West Terminal. 

Location

Vancouver, North Shore Burrard Inlet

 

Operator

Cargill Canada 

 

Description

Cargill is a grain terminal that handles wheat, durum, canola, barley and grain by-products. 

Location

Vancouver, North Shore Burrard Inlet 

 

Operator

Cascadia Port Management Crop. 

 

Description

Cascadia is a grain terminal and handles wheat, durum, canola, barley, rye, oats and by-products. Cascadia is owned by Bunge and Richardson International. 

Location

Vancouver, North Shore Burrard Inlet 

 

Operator

Chemtrade Electrochem Inc. 

 

Description

The Chemtrade Chemicals Terminal is a processing facility that produces caustic soda and sodium chlorate using imported sea salt. 

Location

Vancouver, North Shore Burrard Inlet 

 

Operator

Fibreco Export Inc. 

 

Description

Fibreco is a terminal that handles wood pellets and agricultural products such as peas and lentils.

Location

Surrey, Fraser River 

 

Operator

Parrish and Heimbecker, Limited, and GrainsConnect Canada Operations Inc. 

 

Description

Fraser Grain Terminal Ltd. is a grain export facility that handles bulk and containerized grain products including wheat, barley, oil seeds, pulses and other specialty crops. 

Location

Vancouver, North Shore Burrard Inlet 

 

Operator

G3 Canada Ltd. 

 

Description

G3 Terminal Vancouver is a bulk grain facility that primarily handles wheat, soybeans, canola, peas and specialty crops.  

Location

Port Moody, Burrard Inlet East 

 

Operator

Imperial Oil Ltd. 

 

Description

IOCO is a petroleum terminal that handles heavy fuel oil, intermediate fuel oil, and marine gas oil. IOCO Terminal began operations in 1915. 

Location

Vancouver, South Shore Burrard Inlet 

 

Operator

Lantic Inc. 

 

Description

The Lantic refinery processes raw sugar to produce a variety of sugar products distributed across Western Canada. Lantic products are distributed across Western Canada under the Rogers brand. 

Location

Vancouver, North Shore Burrard Inlet 

 

Operator

Neptune Bulk Terminals (Canada) Ltd. 

 

Description

Neptune Bulk Terminals is one of North America’s largest multi-product bulk terminal. It handles Canadian metallurgical coal and potash for export. 

Location

Port Moody, Burrard Inlet 

 

Operator

Pacific Coast Terminals Co. Ltd. 

 

Description

Pacific Coast Terminals is one of the world’s largest automated export sulphur, potash and bulk liquids marine terminals. It handles sulphur, potash, canola oil and ethylene glycol. 

Location

Vancouver, South Shore Burrard 

 

Operator

Bunge 

 

Description

Pacific Elevators terminal loading systems were designed for the handling of specialty crops, but also handle oil seeds and cereal grains. 

Location

Burnaby 

 

Operator

Parkland Refining (BC) Limited 

 

Description

Parkland is a petroleum terminal that handles petroleum products. The Parkland Terminal was previously known as the Chevron refinery. It is the last remaining refinery in the Lower Mainland. 

Location

Vancouver, North Shore Burrard Inlet 

 

Operator

Richardson International Ltd. 

 

Description

Richardson International is a major exporter of canola and cereal grains to trading economies around the world. It handles wheat, canola, barley, rye, flax, grain and feed products. 

Location

Burnaby 

 

Operator

Shell Canada Ltd. 

 

Description

Shellburn is a petroleum distribution terminal that handles petroleum products. 

Location

Port Moody, Burrard Inlet 

 

Operator

Suncor Energy 

 

Description

Burrard Products Terminal handles petroleum products. Suncor is one of the largest integrated oil and gas companies in Canada. 

Location

Vancouver, North Shore Burrard Inlet 

 

Operator

Univar Solutions 

 

Description

Univar Canada Terminal handles caustic soda solution and ethylene glycol and is a leading chemical distributor in Canada. 

Location

Vancouver, North Shore Burrard Inlet 

 

Operator

PKM Canada Marine Terminal LP 

 

Description

Vancouver Wharves offers services for bulk shippers moving products to and from regions of Western Canada. It handles bulk mineral concentrates, sulphur, agri-products and other liquid bulk commodities. 

Location

Vancouver, South Shore Burrard Inlet 

 

Operator

West Coast Reduction Ltd. 

 

Description

West Coast Reduction is a liquid bulk terminal and rendering plant. It processes and loads animal fats, waxes, animal bi-products, and also exports canola oil. 

Location

Burnaby 

 

Operator

Trans Mountain Corporation 

 

Description

Westridge Marine Terminal is an industrial dock that handles petroleum products from the Trans Mountain Pipeline.

Location

Delta, Roberts Bank 

 

Operator

Westshore Terminals Limited Partnership

 

Description

Westshore Terminal is a coal export terminal and is currently upgrading facilities to handle potash. 

Container

Shipping containers are a standard and cost-effective option for moving cargo such as consumer goods, grain, and lumber. 

Location

Vancouver, South Shore Burrard Inlet 

 

Operator

DP World Vancouver

 

Description

Centerm operates six gantry cranes on two berths, on-dock rail facilities and an advanced operating system that tracks a variety of containerized cargo in real time. 

Location

Delta, Roberts Bank 

 

Operator

GCT Canada Limited Partnership 

 

Description

Deltaport includes 12 ship-to-shore gantry cranes that can handle the largest container ships visiting Canada. Deltaport is Canada’s largest container terminal; it has three berths and extensive on-dock rail facilities.

Location

Surrey, Fraser River 

 

Operator

DP World Fraser Surrey 

 

Description

DP World Fraser Surrey is a multi-purpose marine terminal handling containers as well as bulk and breakbulk products. 

Location

Vancouver, South Shore Burrard Inlet

 

Operator

GCT Canada Limited Partnership 

 

Description

Vanterm has six gantry cranes, on-dock rail facilities for containerized cargo, and handles containerized cargo.

Aerial of cruise ships at the Port of Vancouver

Cruise

The Canada Place cruise terminal at the Port of Vancouver welcomes over 1 million passengers and 300 ship calls annually. Owned and operated by the port authority, this three-berth terminal can service up to four luxury cruise ships at a time. In 2023, the Canada Place cruise terminal was recognized as North America’s Leading Cruise Port by World Travel Awards and North America’s Best Cruise Terminal in the World Cruise Awards. The terminal was also named as one of Cruise Critic’s Top 5 U.S. & Canada Cruise Destinations in 2019.