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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority today released the 2020 year-end statistics for goods moving through the Port of Vancouver. Overall, cargo through the port increased by 1% from 144.2 to 145.5 million metric tonnes (MMT) over the same time last year, with new annual records set for grain, potash, and container trade.
“During what was most definitely a year that will be in the history books amid a myriad of challenges and global economic uncertainty, the value and resiliency of Canada’s largest port has certainly been showcased” said Robin Silvester, president and chief executive officer of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority. “The determination and commitment of so many to keep the supply chain operating well, while safely managing the far-reaching impacts of the pandemic, were critical to Canadians and Canada’s economy, though some sectors, like cruise, were hard-hit last year.”
For the fifth year in a row, global demand for Canadian grain resulted in a new annual record of 35.1 MMT of grain shipped both in bulk ships and containers, an increase of fully 24% or 6.8 MMT compared to the previous year. Increases in wheat, up 25%, canola, up 45%, and specialty crops, up 12%, contributed to the record. Fertilizer inputs were also up; potash exports increased by 11% from last year’s record and sulphur increased by 8%. Growth in total foreign exports resulted in a year-end record of 99.0 MMT, up 3%, due to the increases in grain and fertilizers, as well as petroleum cargos.
Shipping container quantities, measured by 20-foot equivalents or TEUs, were a record 3.5 million TEUs, an increase of 2% compared to the previous year. The port authority recently updated its container forecasts, and expects continued growth in this sector.
In response to growing international trade demand, the port authority is continuing to advance the critical infrastructure required to accommodate this growth through the port. Working with industry and government partners across the Lower Mainland, the port authority is leading the development of more than $1 billion worth of infrastructure projects, including two container terminal projects and a number of road and rail infrastructure projects.
“Trade is continuing to grow and a core part of our role as a Canada Port Authority is to ensure the port infrastructure is there to handle what Canada wants to trade,” said Silvester. “By investing to build the necessary capacity to accommodate increasing trade growth, we are supporting all port users including farmers, businesses, and industry who rely on the port to move their goods efficiently and remain competitive. This is critical to the long-term economic viability of this gateway and of Canada.”
Some cargo sector volumes declined as a result of challenges including impacts of the pandemic, railroad blockades, weather conditions, and terminal upgrades. Auto imports were down 18%, and export breakbulk forest products and coal, were down 14% and 15% from the previous year, respectively. With the cancellation of the cruise season, there were no cruise sailings in 2020.
“The efficient movement of goods through the port during the challenging circumstances of this past year was only possible thanks to the dedicated efforts of marine carriers and pilots, longshore workers, terminal operators, railway workers, trucking companies and drivers, along with many others who make up the port community,” said Silvester. “We appreciate the work these groups, and all stakeholders and partners, including Indigenous Groups, labour and government, have done to keep the port open round the clock, day in and day out. They have helped keep Canadians across the country supplied with essential goods. It is the port community that is the driving factor in showcasing—and amplifying—the value that Canada’s largest port brings to this region, and to the country.”
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Media contact:
Ram Chungh
Media relations advisor
604.340.8617
Ram.chungh@portvancouver.com
About the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and the Port of Vancouver
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is the federal agency responsible for the stewardship of the Port of Vancouver. Like all Canada Port Authorities, we are accountable to the federal minister of transport, and operate pursuant to the Canada Marine Act with a mandate to enable Canada’s trade through the Port of Vancouver, while protecting the environment and considering local communities. The port authority is structured as a non-share corporation, is financially self-sufficient and does not rely on tax dollars for operations. Our revenues come from port terminals and tenants who lease port lands, and from port users who pay various fees such as harbour dues. Profits are reinvested in port infrastructure. The port authority has control over the use of port land and water, which includes more than 16,000 hectares of water, over 1,500 hectares of land, and approximately 350 kilometres of shoreline. Located on the southwest coast of British Columbia in Canada, the Port of Vancouver extends from Roberts Bank and the Fraser River up to and including Burrard Inlet, bordering 16 municipalities and intersecting the traditional territories and treaty lands of several Coast Salish First Nations. The Port of Vancouver is Canada’s largest port, and the third largest in North America by tonnes of cargo. Enabling the trade of approximately $240 billion in goods with more than 170 countries, port activities sustain 115,300 jobs, $7 billion in wages, and $11.9 billion in GDP across Canada.
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As the 2021 Major League Baseball season begins April 1, a long-standing issue may be resolved in the coming months. The decision will have a big impact on trucking operations.
The American League’s Oakland Athletics play in MLB’s fifth-oldest and arguably worst stadium, RingCentral Coliseum. Built in the mid-1960s, it’s the last of a long line of multipurpose facilities that for years hosted both MLB and NFL teams, trying to fit two sports with diametrically different field shapes into one building and, in the process, pleasing no one.
The NFL’s Raiders relocated from Oakland to Las Vegas and played the 2020-21 season in a new, $1.9 billion football-only stadium, leaving the A’s behind in Oakland in the aging Coliseum. City of Oakland officials say they do not want to lose another team, as the NBA’s Golden State Warriors departed for San Francisco at the end of the 2019 season. In 2019, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said that without a new stadium, the A’s eventually could be moved.
Draft EIR-New Oakland Ballpark Intro by Transport Topics on Scribd
Now, a new, draft environmental impact report written by City of Oakland officials and released Feb. 26 is pushing forward plans for a privately funded, baseball-only stadium at Howard Terminal at the Port of Oakland. The document analyzes how a $550 million, 35,000-seat stadium would impact the port, transportation, housing and surrounding area. It outlines what it says could be a peaceful coexistence with the port.
“The release of the draft EIR [as the document is known] is another important step forward in the process of building a new privately financed ballpark at Oakland’s Howard Terminal,” Oakland A’s President Dave Kaval said in a team press release.
Several industry stakeholders are opposed to the proposed stadium’s location, maintaining that the existing Coliseum site is the best place for a new ballpark because it’s far less congested than the port, and a baseball stadium would interfere with port operations.
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“We know that Oakland’s working waterfront is no place for a stadium, office and luxury condominium complex, and this environmental review must ultimately shine a bright light on the many significant adverse impacts of building the proposed stadium complex at this location,” Pacific Merchant Shipping Association General Counsel Mike Jacob said.
“We anticipate that the Howard Terminal draft EIR will once again confirm the obvious and what everyone already knows — that the current Coliseum site remains the ideal and most logical location for a new ballpark that will make A’s fans proud to call home,” he added.
Port of Oakland Executive Director Danny Wan told Transport Topics he believes the new stadium can be incorporated into the port. The Howard Terminal property is no longer an active terminal and has been used for chassis and container storage for more than 10 years. He said the decision ultimately is up to Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, the city council, and the port authority board.
“From the port’s perspective, a ballpark at Howard Terminal, which is not in use for terminal operations, could be a great enhancement for our visitor-orientated business,” Wan said. “Our primary concern is making sure that whatever development is proposed is compatible with our seaport operation. Our board has clearly said it will consider a real estate transaction with the A’s if the mitigation measures make it compatible with the seaport.”
Trucking officials also insist the draft EIR was improperly released during a legal dispute over whether the project can proceed. Earlier this month, an Alameda County judge dismissed a lawsuit against the A’s by several port stakeholders, including Pacific Merchant Shipping Association, Schnitzer Steel Industries, Harbor Trucking Association and California Trucking Association.
Mergers and acquisitions have reshaped the trucking technology sector over the past decade, but what does this trend mean for the trucking and logistics companies that rely on these technologies? Seth Clevenger speaks with James Langley of Trimble Transportation. Hear a snippet, above, and get the full program by going to RoadSigns.TTNews.com.
They charged the team did not meet a Jan. 1, 2020, deadline to show that the Howard Terminal ballpark meets environmental regulations for greenhouse gas emissions. The group is appealing the decision.
If the new stadium at the Port of Oakland goes forward, the Coliseum would be demolished, and the baseball team controls half of the property. Former A’s pitcher-turned-businessman Dave Stewart also has put in a $115 million bid for the other half of the property. He would like to develop the East Oakland site with affordable housing, restaurants and other stores.
Sports stadium consultant Marc Ganis, co-founder and managing director of Sportscorp Ltd, says the old Coliseum is obsolete in today’s sports business environment. “It was enormously successful during its time. But the land is now more valuable for other uses. It is prime development land for a major complex that can bring significant money and tax revenues to the City of Oakland,” Ganis said. “I’d tell the A’s it’s time to push hard on the port site. But there will be a lot of issues, not the least of which is the fact it’s a working port. None of these are easy solutions.”
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority today released the 2020 year-end statistics for goods moving through the Port of Vancouver. Overall, cargo through the port increased by 1% from 144.2 to 145.5 million metric tonnes (MMT) over the same time last year, with new annual records set for grain, potash, and container trade.
“During what was most definitely a year that will be in the history books amid a myriad of challenges and global economic uncertainty, the value and resiliency of Canada’s largest port has certainly been showcased” said Robin Silvester, president and chief executive officer of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority. “The determination and commitment of so many to keep the supply chain operating well, while safely managing the far-reaching impacts of the pandemic, were critical to Canadians and Canada’s economy, though some sectors, like cruise, were hard-hit last year.”
For the fifth year in a row, global demand for Canadian grain resulted in a new annual record of 35.1 MMT of grain shipped both in bulk ships and containers, an increase of fully 24% or 6.8 MMT compared to the previous year. Increases in wheat, up 25%, canola, up 45%, and specialty crops, up 12%, contributed to the record. Fertilizer inputs were also up; potash exports increased by 11% from last year’s record and sulphur increased by 8%. Growth in total foreign exports resulted in a year-end record of 99.0 MMT, up 3%, due to the increases in grain and fertilizers, as well as petroleum cargos.
Shipping container quantities, measured by 20-foot equivalents or TEUs, were a record 3.5 million TEUs, an increase of 2% compared to the previous year. The port authority recently updated its container forecasts, and expects continued growth in this sector.
In response to growing international trade demand, the port authority is continuing to advance the critical infrastructure required to accommodate this growth through the port. Working with industry and government partners across the Lower Mainland, the port authority is leading the development of more than $1 billion worth of infrastructure projects, including two container terminal projects and a number of road and rail infrastructure projects.
“Trade is continuing to grow and a core part of our role as a Canada Port Authority is to ensure the port infrastructure is there to handle what Canada wants to trade,” said Silvester. “By investing to build the necessary capacity to accommodate increasing trade growth, we are supporting all port users including farmers, businesses, and industry who rely on the port to move their goods efficiently and remain competitive. This is critical to the long-term economic viability of this gateway and of Canada.”
Some cargo sector volumes declined as a result of challenges including impacts of the pandemic, railroad blockades, weather conditions, and terminal upgrades. Auto imports were down 18%, and export breakbulk forest products and coal, were down 14% and 15% from the previous year, respectively. With the cancellation of the cruise season, there were no cruise sailings in 2020.
“The efficient movement of goods through the port during the challenging circumstances of this past year was only possible thanks to the dedicated efforts of marine carriers and pilots, longshore workers, terminal operators, railway workers, trucking companies and drivers, along with many others who make up the port community,” said Silvester. “We appreciate the work these groups, and all stakeholders and partners, including Indigenous Groups, labour and government, have done to keep the port open round the clock, day in and day out. They have helped keep Canadians across the country supplied with essential goods. It is the port community that is the driving factor in showcasing—and amplifying—the value that Canada’s largest port brings to this region, and to the country.”
More information
Backgrounder
Media contact:
Ram Chungh
Media relations advisor
604.340.8617
Ram.chungh@portvancouver.com
About the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and the Port of Vancouver
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is the federal agency responsible for the stewardship of the Port of Vancouver. Like all Canada Port Authorities, we are accountable to the federal minister of transport, and operate pursuant to the Canada Marine Act with a mandate to enable Canada’s trade through the Port of Vancouver, while protecting the environment and considering local communities. The port authority is structured as a non-share corporation, is financially self-sufficient and does not rely on tax dollars for operations. Our revenues come from port terminals and tenants who lease port lands, and from port users who pay various fees such as harbour dues. Profits are reinvested in port infrastructure. The port authority has control over the use of port land and water, which includes more than 16,000 hectares of water, over 1,500 hectares of land, and approximately 350 kilometres of shoreline. Located on the southwest coast of British Columbia in Canada, the Port of Vancouver extends from Roberts Bank and the Fraser River up to and including Burrard Inlet, bordering 16 municipalities and intersecting the traditional territories and treaty lands of several Coast Salish First Nations. The Port of Vancouver is Canada’s largest port, and the third largest in North America by tonnes of cargo. Enabling the trade of approximately $240 billion in goods with more than 170 countries, port activities sustain 115,300 jobs, $7 billion in wages, and $11.9 billion in GDP across Canada.
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The Port of Vancouver has reported stellar numbers today, showing record shipments of grain, potash and containers — despite a continuing global pandemic.
The 2020 port figures show a record in grain shipments for the fifth year in a row to 35.1 million metric tones — which is a 24 per cent jump over 2019.
Overall, cargo was steady at 145.4 million metric tonnes.
“During what was most definitely a year that will be in the history books amid a myriad of challenges and global economic uncertainty, the value and resiliency of Canada’s largest port has certainly been showcased,” said Robin Silvester, president and chief executive officer of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority in a prepared statement.
Silvester said potash exports increased by 11 per cent from a 2019 record. Shipping container quantities, measured by 20-foot equivalents or TEUs, were a record 3.5 million TEUs.
“The determination and commitment of so many to keep the supply chain operating well, while safely managing the far-reaching impacts of the pandemic, were critical to Canadians and Canada’s economy, though some sectors, like cruise, were hard-hit last year,” said Silvester.
The cruise ship sector is also devastated for 2021, with the federal government banning cruise ships from Canadian ports this year.
Silvester said that some sectors were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, including auto imports — which fell 18 per cent — and export break bulk forest products and coal, that were down 14 per cent and 15 per cent from the previous year, respectively.
“The efficient movement of goods through the port during the challenging circumstances of this past year was only possible thanks to the dedicated efforts of marine carriers and pilots, longshore workers, terminal operators, railway workers, trucking companies and drivers, along with many others who make up the port community,” Silvester said.
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Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew has shared a previously unreleased “jam”, titled ‘How’s It Going’ – scroll down the page to listen to it now.
The frontman shared the song with a video earlier today (February 28), telling fans on Twitter it was intended to “remind us that we must keep holding on”.
In the description box on YouTube, Drew expanded on the story behind the song and the meaning it had taken on during the coronavirus pandemic. “How’s it going. This is a loaded question as we watch each other trying to navigate these times. Back in summer of 2014 I put down a song called “how’s it going” with my usual crew of believers. It was never released.
“My friend Jordan and I hunted down footage on the internet to put this video for the tune together. Many thanks to all those directors, artists, archivists and faces that we used.——- I miss the days of before as I wait for the days of new to keep arriving. Love to you all – hold on xox Kevin.”
At the end of the video, which features clips of street dancers, parades, festival sets and more, title screens read “Heaven is hanging with people and watching live music”, “We still have a way to go. Ask for help if you need it and take care of each other”, and “Most of the video was shot on stolen land”. Watch it above now.
Broken Social Scene last released new music with the 2019 EPs ‘Let’s Try The After (Vol. 1)’ and ‘Let’s Try The After (Vol. 2)’. Ahead of the former record, the band shared a gif-filled video to accompany the single ‘Boyfriends’.
The track was released around Valentine’s Day 2019 and, to mark the holiday, the group also created their own site where people could send their loved ones a Valentine’s e-card.
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