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{{Short description|Container terminal in Vancouver,}}File:PortOVan.jpg|thumb|Port of Vancouver with CentermCentermVanterm is a container terminal in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the south shore of the Burrard Inlet in Vancouver’s East Side. It is operated by GCT Canada, a Vancouver-based company which also operates Deltaport another container terminal at the Port of Vancouver. Vanterm has a 619-metre (2,030 ft) berth with a depth of 15.5 metres, six ship-to-shore cranes, and is directly served by both Canadian Class 1 Railways, CN and CPKC. ILWU Local 500 and 514 make up the majority of the labour force.WEB, 2015-03-24, Cargo and Terminals, Container,www.portvancouver.com/cargo-terminals/container/, 2023-09-18, Port of Vancouver, en-US, WEB, GCT Vanterm,globalterminalscanada.com/gct-vanterm/, 2023-09-18, GCT Canada, en-US,

History

LaPointe Pier, now only a small part of the modern terminal, had its first container ship, the M.S. Axel Johnson, call its berth in 1969.WEB, GCT marks Vancouver container-shipping milestone,biv.com/article/2019/07/gct-marks-vancouver-container-shipping-milestone, 2023-09-18, Business in Vancouver, en, Vanterm was inaugurated as a container terminal in 1975Forward, Charles N. “The Development of Canada’s Five Leading National Ports.” Urban History Review / Revue d’histoire Urbaine 10, no. 3 (1982): 25–45. {{JSTOR|43561664}}. and run by Empire Stevedoring and later TSI Terminal Systems Inc. which rebranded to GCT Global Container Terminals.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}A $160 million investment in 2019 upgraded terminal infrastructure, software, and equipment, including the acquisition of two modern ship-to-shore cranes, ten rubber tired gantry cranes, and 19 empty container handlers to increase its annual throughout capacity from 835,000 to 1 million TEUs.WEB, GCT Global Container Terminals to invest $160 million in Vanterm,biv.com/article/2019/05/gct-global-container-terminals-invest-160-million-vanterm, 2023-09-18, Business in Vancouver, en, On January 28, 2019, the vessel Ever Summit struck the dock while berthing, causing damage to the vessel, berth, and a gantry crane. There were no injuries.WEB, Government of Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, 2020-11-05, Marine Transportation Safety Investigation Report m19p0020,www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/marine/2019/m19p0020/m19p0020.html, 2023-09-18, www.tsb.gc.ca,

See also

• Centerm

References

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