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Pre Arrival:  Overview | Location | Charts | Limits   ...
Arrival:  Approaches | Pilotage | Anchorages
Communications:  Pratique | Pre-Arrival | VHF | VTS/Radar
Berthing Ops:  Tugs | Berths | Mooring
Cargo:  Breakbulk | Bulk | Containers | Cruise | Other   ...
Pollution:  Ballast | Pollution | Waste | Slops
Facilities:  Medical | Water | Fuel | Storing | Shore Power   ...
Security:  Police etc | Security
Local Info:  Time | Holidays
Crew:  Leave | Missions
Report:  Report

Summary

Max. Size:  Breakbulk:  96,027 d.w.t., LOA 243 m., draft 14.5 m. Containers:  146,749 d.w.t., LOA 366 m., draft 15.5 m. Passengers:  108,574 d.w.t., LOA 334 m., draft 15.0 m. Ro-Ro:  49,856 d.w.t., LOA 280 m., draft 12.3 m. Bulk:  209,996 d.w.t., LOA 300 m., draft 18.4 m. Tankers:  Displacement 93,287 tonnes, LOA 243 m., draft 14.5 m.
Fuel:  Available by barge or road tanker.
Airport:  Vancouver Int'l, 7 km.
Repairs/Drydocks:  Floating dock 221 x 45.8 x 8.8 m., capacity 36,000 tonnes.
Medical:  Hospitals available.
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Including
  • Fraser Port - CAFRR - 49° 11.00′ N, 122° 55.00′ W
  • Roberts Bank - CARTB - 49° 03.00′ N, 123° 09.00′ W
OVERVIEW:  The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is the federal agency responsible for the stewardship of the lands and waters that make up the Port of Vancouver, Canada’s largest port. It is a safe, year-round, all-weather port.
Vancouver is the third largest port in North America in terms of total tonnage moved in and out of the port. The port comprises 29 major terminals, including deep-sea terminals providing Super post-Panamax capacity and extensive on-dock rail facilities with virtually no draft restrictions, three Class 1 railroads and a full range of facilities and services to the international shipping community.
The port is able to handle the most diversified range of cargo in North America: bulk, containers, breakbulk, liquid bulk, automobiles and cruise.
LOCATION:  On the southwest coast of