Expansions Stay Strong at Canadian Ports

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The construction of ports in Canada is not slowing down any time soon, with several expansions, additions, upgrades and new terminals on the way. Industrial Info is currently tracking 11 port projects in Canada worth $3.97 billion.

Port projects include work to build and develop new container-handling capacity, improve road and marine access, and restore cruise terminals and piers.

Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is performing a $40 million railway improvement upgrade to the Deltaport Terminal in Vancouver, British Columbia. The project will kick off in the first quarter of 2017 and will include constructing a new lead rail track. The Port Authority also will be constructing a new three-berth container terminal addition at the Roberts Bank Terminal for $1.45 billion, which is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2018. An expansion at the Centerm Container Terminal will include a westward extension of the terminal container storage yard and rehabilitation of the historic Ballantyne Pier. Another project Industrial Info is tracking involving the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is a container examination warehouse addition, which includes constructing the 114,809-square-foot Tsawwassen container examination facility. The project is scheduled in the fourth quarter of next year.

Prince Rupert Port Authority is constructing a container terminal at Ridley Island to increase capacity in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The project has a total investment value of $550 million and a kick-off date set for third-quarter 2017. The Prince Rupert Port Authority is also under way with phases II and III of the Fairview Container Terminal Expansion, which entails constructing a second deep-water berth and quadrupling capacity. Phase II is currently under construction, with completion set for second-quarter 2017, and Phase III is due to kick off the second quarter of 2018.

The Port of Saint John is upgrading and expanding the west side waterfront port in Saint John, New Brunswick, which will be adding new larger Panamax cranes and changing some roadways for a total investment of $205 million, scheduled to kick off first-quarter 2018.

Melford International Terminal is constructing a new grassroot container terminal in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, worth $425 million and expected to kick off in the third quarter of 2017, with completion set for first-quarter 2019.

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