September 26, 2003: Cargo shipments through Fraser River Port totalled a healthy 17,030,943 tonnes at the end of the 2^nd quarter, with domestic cargo shipments reaching 14,450,011 tonnes and international shipments reaching 2,580,932 tonnes for the first half of the year. Container shipments continued their rapid growth during the second quarter, with year-to-date totals quadrupling last year’s 31,889 TEUs to reach 120,314 TEUs handled between January and June. There were 396 deep-sea ship arrivals in the first half of the year, compared to 357 during the same time period in 2002. Volumes of the port’s other niche cargoes — cars, steel and forest products — remained fairly steady for the reported period.