The Port of Vancouver placed second-to-last on a global ranking of hundreds of container ports, after some cargo ships waited weeks to unload their cargo last year.
Compiled by the World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence, the container port performance index lists Vancouver at No. 347 out of 348 - and dead last among ports of similar size.Strong consumer demand drove a surge of imports to ports all along the west coast of North America in 2021 and 2022, causing congestion that has eased since December, said Vancouver Fraser Port Authority spokesman Alex Munro.
“The last few years have reinforced the need to continue to invest in port infrastructure and technology to accommodate Canada's growing trade and keep supply chains moving efficiently,” Munro said in an email. Trevor Plett, co-owner of R.R. Plett trucking, said build-ups at privately owned “off-dock” facilities marked a critical bottleneck.
“Both of those options were, for a time, not available. So they said, 'Just keep it on your chassis.”'
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