Port of Vancouver

Port of Vancouver
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Location
Country	Canada
Location	Vancouver, British Columbia
Coordinates	49°16′37″N 123°07′15″W / 49.27694°N 123.12083°W / 49.27694; -123.12083
UN/LOCODE	CAVAN[1]
Details
Opened	2008 (as amalgamation of former Port of Vancouver, North Fraser Port Authority and Fraser River Port Authority)
Size of harbour	16,000 hectares
Land area	1,000 hectares
Size	350 kilometres
No. of berths	57[2]
Draft depth	18.4 m.[2]
Chair	Judy Rogers
Statistics
Annual cargo tonnage	141 million metric revenue tons[3]
Annual container volume	3.5 million TEU[3]
Passenger traffic	810,090 passengers 307 sailings[3]
Foreign vessel calls	2,834[3]
Major marine terminals	27
Website www.portvancouver.com

The Port of Vancouver is the largest port in Canada and the fourth largest in North America by tonnes of cargo, facilitating trade between Canada and more than 170 world economies. The port is managed by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, which was created in 2008 as an amalgamation of the former Port of Vancouver, the North Fraser Port Authority, and the Fraser River Port Authority. It is the principal authority for shipping and port-related land and sea use in the Metro Vancouver region.