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NORTH SHORE activities for Port Day will take place in and
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Economic impact very important

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materials — timber, grain, sulphur,
coal and potash — pass through by

‘train and ship. Imports consist

_. mainly of consumer products such
_ as appliances and car parts.

The port’s 1993 cargo through-
put (exports and imports) totalled
60.8. million tonnes, a 4% drop
from the 1992 total of 63.3 million
tonnes. | :

The 1993 figure is also a five-
year: low for the,port, but Gornall
said the drops‘are not enough to
concern them, adding that the port.
goes through ups and downs. -

:_.The cruise’ship traffic, however,
hit-a:five-year high in .1993 with
519,942 passengers, up from
449,239 in 1992, .
... Expo year,’1986, was a“bumper..
year,” Gornall explained, adding
that traffic dipped a bit afterward.
. But since: that time,’ the number of
-cruise passengers visiting Vancou-
ver each year has gone up. -
.-The cruise ship industry brings
$100 million annually into the port,
‘which primarily serves ships head-

“to handle the overflow, with as

ed to Alaska, she said.

The Canada Place, cruise ship
terminal was originally built to hold
five ships, but with the size of ships
continuing to increase every year as
well, the port’s primary cruise ship‘
terminal can now handle only three
ships atone time. | .

The secondary terminal,
Ballantyne, is currently being used

many as five ships in the harbor
at one time. Ballantyne is also
undergoing a refit that will be com-
plete in 1995. Lo
The proposed casino on
Vancouver’s waterfront would add
_a third cruise ship terminal, some-
thing Gornall believes will be need-
.ed ‘in the future. The Port.

‘Corporation sees Vancouver's: par-
- ticipation in the cruise ship industry

continuing to grow. -

“ “A-lot of people don’t realize the .
‘economic benefit of living in a port ©
city.” .
There are 9,000 direct jobs cre--:
ated by the port, as well as many ©
indirect jobs.

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