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Originally Posted by Metro-One
How did this happen?
I feel like not too long ago that Vancouver Port was rated among the best run port operations in North America. I even remember reading articles about how Seattle had to get its act together so not to lose too much business to Vancouver.
Now I saw them rated as the worst run port in North America.
Why does it always feel that over a few short years Canada has fallen over a cliff compared to its peers?
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Again, not a topic for this thread, (there is a Port thread) but they are not 'the worst run port', they were one of the least efficient container ports in 2021 and 2022.
The measurement was simply how long container ships had to wait to unload.
It was said to be a combination of screwed up container logistics and more ships wanting to use the port than there was space for them to unload. Neither factor is anything that Vancouver Port is directly responsible for (as the container terminals are privately operated), although the recently completed revamp and expansion of Centerm, and the expansion of Roberts Bank, if it goes ahead, should resolve the capacity problem.
If they've been concentrating on sorting their port operations out, it might explain why an overpass isn't getting the same attention right now. (That's speculation on my part, I don't know why the work seems to have slipped it's timeline).
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