The world’s leading container shipping lines call at the Port of Vancouver providing regular service to and from ports in Asia, Europe, Latin America and Oceania. Container trade at the port offers:
- four common-user container terminals with total annual capacity of nearly three million TEUs
- three Class 1 railroad and one regional short line railroad each with extensive on-dock rail facilities
- a variety of transload, cross-docking and warehousing facilities
- off-dock container yard and maintenance facilities
Environmental and community stewardship
Our port lies in a naturally beautiful harbour setting and we work hard to keep it that way with programs like shore power, an initiative that aims to decrease marine diesel air emissions by allowing container ships to shut down their engines when in port.
After working collaboratively with container terminal operators GCT, DP World Vancouver and with Transport Canada, shore power is now enabled at Centerm Berth Five and Deltaport Third Berth.
Our Blue Circle Awards recognize ships that participate in our EcoAction program, which promotes emissions reduction goals for ocean-going vessels. More information on these programs is available in our environment section.
Container terminals |
Location |
Operator |
Description |
| Centerm | Vancouver, South Shore Burrard Inlet | DP World Vancouver | 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. |
| Deltaport | Delta, Roberts Bank | GCT Canada Limited Partnership | Deltaport includes 12 ship-to-shore gantry cranes that can handle the largest container ships visiting Canada. Deltaport is currently Canada’s largest container terminal; it has three berths and extensive on-dock rail facilities. Deltaport is a sister terminal to Vanterm. |
| DP World Fraser Surrey | Surrey, Fraser River | DP World Fraser Surrey | DP World Fraser Surrey is a multi-purpose marine terminal handling containers as well as bulk and breakbulk products. |
| Vanterm | Vancouver, South Shore Burrard Inlet | GCT Canada Limited Partnership | Vanterm has six gantry cranes, on-dock rail facilities for containerized cargo, and handles containerized cargo, project cargo and bulk oils from the adjacent West Coast Reduction facility. Vanterm is the sister terminal to Deltaport. |
Container carriers and berth window schedule
For the scheduled movements of container vessels at the Port of Vancouver, download our current Container Berth Window Schedule [PDF]
Container shipping lines
Container lines |
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| CMA CGM | HMM | SM Line |
| COSCO SHIPPING | Maersk Line | T.S. Lines |
| Evergreen | MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company) | Westwood Shipping Lines |
| Hamburg Sud | ONE (Ocean Network Express) | Yang Ming |
| Hapag-Lloyd | OOCL | ZIM |
Other container facilities
Container storage and maintenance facilities |
| Coast 2000 Terminals Ltd. |
| Euro Asia Transload Inc. |
| Harbour Link Container Services Inc. |
| TDK Metro Terminals |
| WTC Group Inc. |