PORT DAY ACTIVITIES
ALLOW AN INSIDE LOOK

EVER WONDER what the Van-
couver Port Corporation (VPC)
does in this town?

On Sunday all of your questions
about Canada’s largest port will be
answered as the Crewn corpora-
tion holds Port Day °90 on bath
sides of Burrard Inlet.

When the annual Port Day event
was first held it was confined only
to the South Shore of Burrard Jn-
let, even though the VPC owns
several facilities on the North
Shore, such as Neptune Bulk Ter-
minals and the Lynnterm terminal.

Not too many people were even
aware of the annual Port Day
festivities, thinking the only event
being offered were free harbor
cruises.

But all of that began to change
in 1987 when the annual open-
house event began to grow at a
rapid pace, expanding for the first
time to the North Shore in 1988
and to Westshore Terminals at
Delta’s Roberts Bank in 1989.

Today, Port Day inctudes
demonstrations and displays put
on by the port industry, transport
and municipal sectors and enter-
tainment, bands and balloons have
been added.

Barbara Duggan, VPC director

of corporate communications, says
the aim of Port Day is to introduce
the general public to the Port of
Vancouver.

“The philosophy behind Port
Day is a simple one, a4 once a year
opportunity for the owners of
Canada’s largest: port-namely the
Canadian people-to get a first.
hand look at the diverse and
fascinating complexity of ane of
the top 20 ports in the world,”*
says Duggan.

“For the other 364 days of the
year, the round-the-clock cpera-
tional realities of the Port of Van-
couver preclude broad public ac-
cess other than on an appointment
basis."'

Port Day has grown from Iess
than 1,000 people per day to an
estimated 12,000 people per day
and, according to Vancouver's
marine industry, more people of
all ages have a far better idea of
Canada’s crucial dependence on
world trade, and the port's ability
to handle millions of tonnes of ex-
ported and imported cargo better
if they have a first-hand look at
some of the facilities.

The VPC’s operations generate
thousands of jobs and millions of
dollars in economic benefits.

B.C. now exports more than 65
per cent, the highest percentage of
any other Canadian province, of
gross domestic product, and a ma-

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VIEWING MINIATURE radio-controfled boats at the Pacific Marine Training Institute wilt be one of a host
of events and exhibits taking place at the Vancouver Port Corp.'s Port Day °99 celebration at North Van-
couver’s Waterfront Park this Sunday.

jority of these exports are destined
to off-shore, mostly Asia-Pacific
countries.

‘Port Day ‘90 offers North
Shore residents a unique opportu-

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