The company can now compete to run the $3.5-billion Roberts Bank Terminal 2 (RBT2) project, which requires the construction of an artificial island near Delta, B.C.
Coal is loaded onto the bulk carrier vessel Fosep at the Westshore coal export terminal at Roberts Bank as container ships are docked beneath gantry cranes at Deltaport, in Tsawwassen, B.C., on Sept. 9.The Port of Vancouver has called a truce after waging a bitter feud with a major tenant and will allow GCT Global Container Terminals Inc. to compete to become the operator of a proposed export facility.
Peter Xotta, who became president of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority in late 2023, said that upon reflection, GCT will now be included in the process to determine RBT2′s operator. Environmentalists warn that the new container terminal would threaten sensitive habitat in the Fraser River estuary, affecting shorebirds such as western sandpipers, and harming feeding conditions for endangered southern resident killer whales.
“We are happy to be part of the discussions related to container capacity expansions at Roberts Bank, including the efficiencies our operations may bring to the table,” GCT president Eric Waltz said in a statement. GCT’s Vanterm and DP’s Centerm are located along the shore shores of Burrard Inlet, near downtown Vancouver. DP, which completed an expansion project at Centerm last year, is also eligible to enter the race to become RBT2′s operator.
Upon completion, the additional container capacity could mean a jump of more than 30 per cent compared with the current combined capacity in B.C. at the Port of Vancouver and the Port of Prince Rupert.
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