grain port estimates
Overview
The Port of Vancouver exports on average 10 to 12 million tonnes of grain products per year. There are seven terminals in Vancouver that handle grain products as illustrated below, with a capacity to handle in excess of 20 million tonnes.
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Alliance Grain Terminal
(2 berths)
(Formerly Agricore United Terminal)
Cargoes: Grain, grain products
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AUT East |
| LOA: 213 metres |
LOA: 213 metres |
| Depth: 11.7 metres |
Depth: 13.6 metres |
Equipment: 2 belts, loading rate of 600 tonnes/hour/belt, 7 spouts each berth
Air draft: 17.8 metres (above zero tide)
Storage: 102,070 tonnes
Load rate: 500 tonnes/hour/belts |
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Viterra/Cascadia Terminal
(1 berth)
Cargoes: Wheat, barley, canola, durum wheat, byproducts
LOA: 274 metres
Depth Alongside: 15.2 metres
Storage capacity: 280,000 tonnes
Equipment: 2 belts, 7 spouts with 3,200 tonnes/hour loading rate
Spout height above dock face normal max. 14.6 metres |
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Richardson International
Cargoes: Wheat, canola, barley, rye, flax, grain and feed products
LOA: 180 metres
Depth: 15.24 metres
Equipment: 2 Peco loaders (1,000 tonnes/hour)
Storage: 108,000 tonnes
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Viterra/Pacific Elevators
(2 berths)
Cargoes: Wheat, barley, canola, rye, GSPs, flax, feed peas, special crops
| Berth No. 2 |
| LOA: 215 metres |
| Depth: 13.7 metres |
Berth No. 2: 3 shipping belts feed 7 fixed slewing spouts for total rated loading of approx. 1,500 tonnes/hour; Air draft between 18 and 21 metres (above zero tide)
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Cargill Terminal
Cargoes: Wheat, canola, barley, durum, by-products
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Berth 2 |
| LOA: 230 metres |
LOA: 200 metres |
| Depth: 15.5 metres |
Depth: 12.6 metres |
Equipment: 2 belts loading rate 1,200 tonnes/hour each; 5 spouts at each berth; maximum spout height 15.2 metres above dock level
Storage: 240,000 tonnes
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Kinder Morgan
Berth No. 5
Cargoes: Special crops
LOA: No restriction
Depth: 12.8m at zero tide
Avg. Load rate: 500 tonnes/hour |
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