10-07-2025
Canada's Top Port Seeks Builder to Add 70% Capacity in Asia Trade Push
The Port of Vancouver, Canada's main trade gateway to Asia, kicked off the search for a company to build a new wharf to handle 70% more cargo, as the country looks for ways reduce economic reliance on the US.
The work is expected to cost at least C$3 billion ($2.2 billion), Victor Pang, the port's chief financial officer, said in a phone interview. The Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project has been in the works for more than a decade, but the port's move to send out a request for qualifications to build it shows that it's moving ahead.
