Prince Rupert earmarked for further expansion

The Fairview Container Terminal Phase II North expansion is currently underway and will raise the terminal’s capacity to approximately 1.3 million teu upon completion in 2017.

Maksim Mihic, DP World Canada Group General Manager, said: “Phase II South, which could potentially be delivered within the next three to five years depending on demand, would increase the total capacity of Fairview Container Terminal to in excess of 2 million teu, and would provide capacity to meet Canada’s Pacific container terminal capacity requirements for decades to come.”

Don Krusel, Prince Rupert Port Authority President & CEO, added: “The growth in traffic at the Fairview Terminal, North America’s fastest-growing intermodal gateway, has been a validation of the Prince Rupert advantages in transpacific shipping. We are pleased to see DP World ready to seize those advantages and move forward with planning the terminal’s continued expansion.”

Under this new Feasibility Study agreement, DP World intends to study current marine liner services and container volume growth forecasts for trans-Pacific trade on the West Coast, weighing demand for activation of Fairview’s Phase II (South) expansion to align the project schedule with market demand.

It said the study is critical to the future growth of port operations within British Columbia. It should also help establish a cohesive and systematic approach to information sharing as well as environmentally sustainable port initiatives.