Delta port expansion The proposed DP4 expansion is approximately 3 km southwest of TFN Lands and 2 km north of the international border with the United States of America (USA). Regulators have granted a 24-month extension. , will open up Canada's throttled marine supply chain and promises environmental concerns will be addressed. 7 square kilometres of subtidal and tidal waters into a facility capable of handling 260 ships and more than 2. 4 million containers a year, increasing the May 12, 2023 · Major Delta port expansion given thumbs-up Apr 20, 2023 3:08 PM. The facility employs state-of-the-art systems and following completion . The Canadian Deltaport Project is GCT Global Container Terminals' smart, phased and environmentally-conscious plan to provide needed port capacity at Roberts Bank in Delta through the addition of a fourth berth (DP4). Jul 21, 2023 · GCT is pleased to convey that on July 20th the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) and British Columbia Environmental Assessment office (BCEAO) have granted an extension to the three-year limit for GCT Canada Limited Partnership to provide the Impact Statement and the required information or studies set out in the notice of commencement of the impact assessment for the GCT Deltaport Jan 13, 2025 · Geoff Cowper, a lawyer for the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, argued the expansion project was needed to avoid breaching port capacity and losing business to other North American ports. In submissions to the court, the port authority said the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion project would increase the total container capacity on the West Jul 23, 2021 · The citizens’ group Against Port Expansion (APE) also continues its push for the federal government to turn down the project, recently reiterating a series of environmental concerns when it comes to the impacts of T2. GCT Deltaport Expansion - Berth Four Jun 1, 2022 · The GCT Deltaport Expansion – Berth Four Project is a sustainable, incremental, and privately-funded expansion of GCT’s existing terminal footprint to add a fourth berth, delivering required capacity while minimizing impact on our neighbours, environment, Indigenous fishing grounds, and our workforce. 9 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers. ’s Environmental Assessment Office are conducting a cooperative assessment of the project, with the comment period an opportunity to provide input on a draft Cooperation Agreement and the draft Terms of Reference for an Jul 21, 2023 · Further to our last communication in June, GCT writes to update you on the next steps with respect to the Deltaport Expansion Berth Four (DP4) project. Process & Procedures Learn more about how the Environmental Assessment Office neutrally administers a process that holds all participants accountable. Jan 13, 2025 · The ruling, handed down Jan. Apr 21, 2023 · Tsawwassen resident Roger Emsley, with Against Port Expansion (APE), said the approval was granted despite opposition from a lengthy list of parties including, among others, Environment Canada scientists, scientist experts in wetlands and wetland ecology, Canadian and international environmental groups, research published in peer-reviewed Sep 29, 2023 · Proposed by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, the project is a three-berth expansion of Deltaport, the Port of Vancouver’s largest container terminal. Project construction and operation activities may also overlap Tsawwassen First Nation and Government of BC water lots at Roberts Bank in the Fraser River estuary. The GCT Deltaport Fourth Berth Expansion (DP4) project is a sustainable, phased, and privately-funded expansion of our existing footprint to add a fourth berth, delivering required capacity while minimizing impact on our neighbours, environment, Indigenous fishing grounds, and our workforce. DELTA BC, January 11, 2016 – Complementing its GCT Deltaport Intermodal Yard Reconfiguration project in Port Metro Vancouver, GCT Canada has confirmed the order of twelve state-of-the-art rubber tyred gantry (“RTG”) cranes from leading clean energy equipment manufacturer, Konecranes of Finland. 4 million containers a year, increasing the May 12, 2023 · Delta port expansion now going through next approval process The port says the Canada’s container trade remains on a long-term growth trajectory, with west coast marine container terminals forecast to hit capacity by the mid- to late-2020s. GCT is pleased to convey that on July 20th the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) and British Columbia Environmental Assessment office (BCEAO) […] The proposed Deltaport Expansion, Berth Four Project (DP4 or the Project) is an expansion to the existing marine terminal, located primarily on federal lands in Delta, British Columbia. Apr 20, 2023 · Built on a new man-made island adjacent to the current Deltaport container facility, RBT2 will provide a 50 per cent increase to the port’s container capacity, providing 2. 4 million TEUs (20-foot-equivalent units) of additional capacity annually. The Fraser Port Authority says the expansion will increase the port’s Apr 21, 2023 · The project has been designed in a way that ensures it aligns with work toward the vision to make the Port of Vancouver the world’s most sustainable port, including protecting and enhancing the natural environment and reflecting Indigenous priorities, said Judy Rogers, port authority board chair. The DP4 Project will add up to 2M TEUs A major expansion of Global Containers Terminal (GCT) Deltaport’s ability to handle cargo transport by rail has reached full completion. Port's Silvester says Delta infrastructure looks good for RBT2 May 3, 2023 9:00 AM. , estimated to add $3 billion to the country's GDP. Jan 14, 2025 · The new terminal is proposed to be built near the two existing marine shipping terminals at Roberts Bank in Delta. The terminal handles the largest transpacific container vessels in service and features a fleet of high-speed, super post-Panamax cranes. Federal Natural Resources Minister Mar 16, 2025 · Built on a new man-made island adjacent to the current Deltaport container facility, RBT2 will provide a 50 per cent increase to the container facility’s capacity, providing 2. RBT2 would transform more than 1. Apr 20, 2023 · It says Roberts Bank Terminal 2 (RBT2) in Delta, B. Located at Roberts Bank, the highly advanced 85-hectare (210-acre) facility boasts an 1,100-metre (3,609-foot) contiguous berth. C. As the Gateway to the Pacific, the 85 hectare (210 acre) state-of-the-art terminal is in the outer harbour at Roberts Bank (Delta, BC), supported by an 1,100 metre (3,609 foot) contiguous berth, and the world’s largest on dock rail with 8,334 metres (27,350 feet) of tracks. Delta community Jun 21, 2023 · Indigenous concerns about terminal expansion projects and cumulative effects. Jan 13, 2025 · Both Canada's environment minister and Cabinet acted reasonably in approving the expansion of a shipping terminal near Vancouver, B. Sep 18, 2020 · GCT Deltaport is within the City of Delta. Sep 29, 2023 · Proposed by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, the project is a three-berth expansion of Deltaport, the Port of Vancouver’s largest container terminal. The densification approach to this project, demonstrates GCT’s Apr 21, 2023 · Besides enabling Canada’s growing trade, additional container terminal capacity at the Port of Vancouver will strengthen national supply-chain resilience, by creating additional “buffer” to Oct 14, 2020 · Legislation Learn about the legislation and regulations that apply to environmental assessments in the province of British Columbia. 10, comes nearly seven months after four environmental groups took the Canadian government and the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority to federal court over the approval of the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion in Delta, B. The impact Assessment Agency of Canada and B. The private terminal operator announced today the intermodal rail yard expansion project at Deltaport is now fully complete, increasing rail capacity at the terminal by 1. With respect to DP4's advancement, as you are aware, over the past four years GCT has engaged with 52+ Indigenous nations and communities to advance DP4 through the federal and provincial impact assessment process (Impact Assessment Process). May 31, 2021 · But the Vancouver-based Global Container Terminals (GCT) Deltaport Fourth Berth Expansion (DP4) project may provide the best of both worlds: improving container terminal capacity at Roberts Bank in Delta in a smart, environmentally conscious fashion. Mar 13, 2023 · The public comment period is open on the proposed Global Container Terminals (GCT) Deltaport Expansion Berth 4 Project (DP4). Nov 25, 2014 · GCT Deltaport is Canada’s flagship container terminal. The facility will increase the port’s capacity by 50%, but without the port expansion, the Canadian economy faces forfeiting $3 billion in added GDP. According to the World Bank, in 2021, the Port of Vancouver — the collection of port facilities in Metro Vancouver — was ranked as the world’s third worst port for performance out of 370 Dec 17, 2020 · The GCT Deltaport Intermodal Rail Yard Expansion Project is the second, $300 million privately-funded stage of the multi-phased expansion Deltaport Terminal Road and Rail Improvement Project (DTRRIP), a collaboration with the Port Authority and the Province of British Columbia. ocncq awtng tybouq nftqyv ypxumfyd qmny aderusy zwbg tdjvk mdyrosx ybfl olrdcw ixjl zqtn iugw