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class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"BodyImage__BodyImagePhoto-sc-14nv9tx-0 vKplZ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/47D7TY5BIFHXNLR4MU5MK7OKRQ.JPG?auth=3de63d916536809eef2b4ecbdbfee40727def621557ea794d941772114a2b5d2&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"0\"><span class=\"u-visually-hidden\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"c-image-figcap c-image-figcap--block\">\n<div class=\"figcap-grid\">\n<div class=\"figcap-cc\">\n<p class=\"figcap-text\"><span class=\"caption text-gmr-4\">The SeaBus passes a container ship docked at the Port of Vancouver in October, 2025.<\/span><span class=\"credit text-gmr-5\">Jennifer Gauthier\/The Globe and Mail<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>\n<div class=\"default__Toolbar-sc-12lzz6r-0 grffJf article-toolbar\">\n<div class=\"tgam-popover-container tgam-toggletip-container styled-components__ToggletipWithButtonStyled-sc-onhcy6-1 dYiLYX c-button--article-toolbar article-toolbar-bookmark-menu\"><button aria-controls=\"article-toolbar-bookmark-toggletip\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-label=\"Bookmark this article\" class=\"Button__StyledButton-sc-136o1ng-1 kvWUaG tgam-button tgam-button--icon-grey text-gml-2 styled-components__BookmarkButtonStyled-sc-onhcy6-2 llsWai\" data-sophi-action=\"toggle bookmark menu\" data-sophi-feature=\"article toolbar bookmark denied\" data-sophi-label=\"Save for later\" id=\"article-toolbar-bookmark-btn\" type=\"button\"><span class=\"tgam-button__content\">Save for later<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The Port of Vancouver has set a record high for annual cargo handled, bolstered by increased trade between Canada and China.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Canada\u2019s largest port processed 170.4 million tonnes last year of imported and exported cargo. Exports of crude oil, grain and potash hit record levels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Prime Minister Mark Carney has been striving to boost Canadian shipments to Asia while seeking to reduce economic reliance on the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u201cThe volatility in the world today underscores the importance of what the Prime Minister is talking about, and it also underscores how important the Port of Vancouver is in achieving those objectives for Canada,\u201d Peter Xotta, president of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text mv-16 l-inset text-pb-8\" data-sophi-feature=\"interstitial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-port-of-vancouver-handles-record-volumes-as-canadian-trade-shifts\/\">Port of Vancouver handles record volumes as Canadian trade shifts toward Asia<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Last year\u2019s total cargo volume surpassed the 158.4 million tonnes handled in 2024 and 150.4 million tonnes in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Oil tankers have been loading since the spring of 2024 from Trans Mountain\u2019s Westridge Marine Terminal in the Vancouver suburb of Burnaby, including shipments to China.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The Port of Vancouver handles more cargo annually than the next five largest ports in Canada combined.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">China is by far the largest trading partner with Canada at the West Coast port. China accounted for 52.6 million tonnes of exported and imported cargo last year, up 15 per cent from 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Canada-U.S. trade at the Port of Vancouver increased 12 per cent to 11.6 million tonnes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The shipping industry deploys large vessels to carry containers, which are reusable steel boxes. Container trade is tracked through an industry measurement called TEUs (20-foot equivalent units).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Nearly 3.8 million TEUs of exports and imports went through the Port of Vancouver in 2025, up 9 per cent compared with 2024. Last year marked a record for containerized cargo, surpassing the previous high set in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">More than 56 per cent of the total exported containers from the port last year were empty. Instead of waiting for containers to be loaded with Canadian goods, shipping companies have been paying for them to be sent to Asia empty, so that they can be filled faster for the trip back to Canada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">There were more than one million TEUs of empty containers exported from Canada\u2019s largest port last year, up 21 per cent from 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The Port of Vancouver continues to trail the pack in the Container Port Performance Index, compiled by the World Bank and S&amp;P Global Market Intelligence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u201cWe recognize that there\u2019s further investment necessary. We need to get on with it,\u201d Mr. Xotta said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The port has been touting plans for its Roberts Bank Terminal 2 container project, to be located on an artificial island near Delta, B.C. A preferred construction team for RBT2 is expected to be selected this summer.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\"> <\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; record high for annual <span class=\"match\">cargo<\/span> handled, bolstered by &#8230; of Vancouver handles more <span class=\"match\">cargo<\/span> annually than the next five &#8230; 11.6 million tonnes. 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