North Vancouver (City)
Additional facts
- municipal taxes paid by port tenants in 2019: $7,175,056
- payment in lieu of taxes paid to municipality for vacant port land in 2019: $70,003
- shoreline managed by the port authority: 7 km
Learn more about the port’s economic impact.
Major terminals
- Neptune is North America’s largest multi-product bulk terminal. It handles metallurgical (steel-making) coal, potash, and imported phosphate rock.
- Lynnterm serves as a consolidation centre for forest products, steel and breakbulk in the Pacific Northwest. It handles wood pulp and paper, lumber, panel products, logs, steel products, project cargo and machinery.
- Cargill is a grain terminal handling wheat, durum, canola, barley and grain by-products.
- Richardson International is a major exporter of canola and cereal grains to trading economies along the Pacific Rim. It handles wheat, canola, barley, rye, flax, grain and feed products
Projects of interest
- Noise Mitigation Project – Cargill
- Power System Upgrade Project – Cargill
- Dust Suppression Upgrade – Neptune Bulk Terminals
- Coal Capacity Project – Neptune Bulk Terminals
- Fibreco Terminal Enhancement Project – Firbreco Export Inc.
- New Maintenance Facility, Lynnterm East Gate – Western Stevedoring
- G3 Terminal Project – G3 Global Holdings Limited
Noise monitoring: Our noise monitoring program helps us to gain a better understanding of the existing noise environment, identify where there might be concerns and track noise trends over the long-term.
Liaison committees
The North Shore Waterfront Liaison Committee includes representatives from local residents, municipalities, industry and the port authority. The committee’s role is to liaise between different groups, share information, and address local port-related issues.
Community investment
Through our community investment program, we support community projects throughout the Lower Mainland. We are proud to have contributed to the following North Shore community programs:
- Burrard Inlet Marine Enhancement Society – Salmon in the City Program
- North Shore Green Markets Society – Shipyards Night Market
- North Vancouver Save Our Shores Society – Save Our Shores
- City of North Vancouver & The Lower Lonsdale Shipyards District – SHIPPED Waterfront Festival
- Rotary Club of Lions Gate – Canada Day Celebration
- Friends of the North Vancouver Museum and Archives Society – The Working Waterfront
- Polygon Gallery – 10,000 ships exhibition
- Carson Graham Secondary School – Youth Leadership Program
More resources
Petroleum products and tanker safety
Protecting the environment is our mandate
Vessel numbers, now and into the future