| Record-Setting Pace Continues at Fraser River Port |
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November 27, 2003: In a year that has already seen record cargo volumes, Fraser River Port marked another consecutive period of growth as cargo throughput for the first nine months of 2003 reached a total of 25,577,213 tonnes. Container volumes more than tripled over the same period for 2002 to reach a record 184,813 TEUs, while deep-sea arrivals increased by 6% to 578.
International cargo volumes grew by an aggressive 22% over last year’s results, to reach a high of 3,913,978 tonnes. Domestic volumes rose by 6% to 21,663,235 tonnes, exceeding the previous year’s total for this period by 1.3 million tonnes.
Shipments of forest products and steel remained fairly steady but car shipments, another of the port’s newly emergent niche cargoes, exceeded the previous year’s results to reach 326,837 units. “We’re on pace for another record year,” said Ed Kargl, the Port Authority’s Vice President of Business Development. Fraser River Port was recently ranked as the second largest auto port in North America by Automotive Logistics magazine.
The Fraser River Port Authority has a mandate to facilitate trade and port-related activities on the main arm of the lower Fraser River.