28. NEXT SLIDE Port of Vancouver (Canada)
The Port of Vancouver has recently opened its Delta Port facility which provides a deep draft berth for COSCO's mega-ships and which is shared with other shipping lines. The Port is actively engaged in intermodal operations and has been receiving a larger volume of container trade moving from Asia into North America as a result of railroad mergers and agreements Canadian National Railroad has made with U.S. carriers.
29. NEXT SLIDE Property Utilization for Container Terminals
The following slide shows the number of acres available in each of the ports and their capacity in TEUs per acre. In most cases, the size of the property allocated for containers in proportional to the volume moving through. Variations are due to efficiencies in various types of marine and ground handling operations.
30. NEXT SLIDE Landside Access
The volume of truck traffic within the Tacoma/Seattle region and through the region is shown on the next slide. Port and terminal operators in both the Los Angeles area and the have been working with labor, terminals, steamship companies,railroads and truckers to discuss their concerns about transportation infrastructure operations and productivity. These figures show why the Tacoma/Seattle region is planning to create a “FAST Corridor” in which to move freight.
31. NEXT SLIDE Labor Considerations
This next slide shows labor membership and considerations on the U.S. West Coast. The Port of Seattle is working with other ports, terminals and labor to improve cooperation and productivity in marine terminals on the U.S. West Coast. They are concerned about being competitive in light of the fact that US East Coast ports would like to convince shipping lines and shippers that the Suez Canal route is an alternative to trans-Pacific trade.
