| PART ONE: CANADIANOXY ater! VANCOUVER is the largest port in Canada. Ms prime Jocation on the WestCoast has made it an attractive trading partner for Pacific Rim nations. The port does business with over 90 countries. It is the largest deep-sea port in Canada and one of the largest in North America in terms of tonnage handled. The port’s North Shore terminals have played, and con- tinue to play, a major role in Vancouver’s international trading success. The North Shore’s terminals include shipyards, forest product terminals, railway operations, chemical plants, bulk ioading facilities and grain terminats. These industries also ‘help support the North Shore economy by contributing millious of dollars each year to © the local municipal tax base. Bepinuing today, the North Shore News will kick off a 10-part series in its Sunday edition that will profile indi- vidual North Shore waterfront companies to give readers a jbetter insight into who their industrial waterfront neighbors are and what they do. . The series begins with a look at the operations of chem- Pemberton CANADIAN OCCIDENTAL CHEMICALS BRET Mountain Hwy. Keith Rd. Main St. Burrard Intet ont industries support thriving port Doliarton ical producer CanadianOxy. a By Surj Rattan News Reporter WHAT'S IN a name? ‘ Plenty, especially if it’s a name associated with the North Van- couver industrial waterfront, where, it seems, there are some names that people just don’t forget. ~ ‘Versatile Pacific Shipyards Inc. is a classic example of the name game. While the name Versatile, and before that Burrard Drydock Co., are hardly interesting names, “who can forget the. Erection Shop? That was the name Burrard had Neiven one of its huge assembly shops, and the large sign bearing the name stood out like a sore thumb to those driving past the facility’ on East Esplanade in North Vancouver City. And then there.was that familar name that most would link to the world’s oldest profession: pro- itution. . “Producing chemicals was its profession, but’ Hooker was the name. That was back in 1957 when. the Hooker Chemical Co. set up shop on the North Van- couver. District waterfront, just east: of the Second Narrows Bridge. : The chemical plant is now call- ed CanadianOxy, a division of Canadian Occidental. Petroleum Ltd., and was purchased from Hooker in. 1968 by the United States-based- Occidental Pet- roleum.. Terry Litchfield, CanadianOxy’ s manager of transportation WORKSHOP TUITION INCLUDES: * 4 hour seminar logistics, smiles when the name Hooker is mentioned. “People still remember name,”’ he said. When Hooker first built the chemical plant, it had a capacity to handle 109 tonnes per day (tpd) of chemical products. The plant has expanded four times since and today it can han- dle 505 tpd of chloralkali and muriatic acid. Other chemicals produced at CanadianOxy include chiorine; caustic soda; sodium chloride products such as brine, salt slurry and bulk salt; and hydrogen gas. The hydrogen gas is pumped by pipeline directly to the neighbor- ing Mohawk Oil Co. Ltd. recycl- ing facility. ‘Most of the chemicals produced at CanadianOxy’s North Van- couver plant are manufactured for B.C.’s pulp mill industry. While some of its products are transported by raii (CanadianOxy has over 300 chemical rail cars at its disposal) and truck, the major- ity of the chemicals, about 30% to 40%, are transported by barge along the Burrard Inlet and up the coast of B.C. to areas like Prince Rupert. CanadianOxy is unique in that it owns two barges. The first, the Metlakatla (Kat), was built in 1967 and has a max- imum carrying capacity of 5,300 (short) tons. that An average load would consist: of ,900 (short) tons of chlorine, stored in three on-deck tanks; 1,200 dry tons of caustic soda, See CanadianOxy pag 24 “ Hardcover copy of Unlimited Power Book " Free Audio cassette * { hr. private coaching session (200 value) YOU WILL LEARN TO: * Take action & produce results * Destroy limiting beliefs * Communication & rapport building skills * Take control of your emotions * Increase health & energy Twes., March 16, Friday, March 19 Mos., March 22 §-10pm Presemed by REGISTER iNOW! ype SEATING JS LIMITED. CALL TO ENROLL NOW (604) 683-5100 Presented and facktated by raners for Antony Rlopbins & ascogaton” 1, Vancouver Wharves Ltd. 2. Fibreco Export inc. 3. Versatile Pacitic “Whatever you've go! on this week, you deserve a day o to 10:30 pm) for just $1 (511.00 ages 6- 12 and seniors). 4, Pioneer Grain 5. Saskatchewan Wheal Pool 6. Neptune Sulk Terminals ! Take a powder to Seymour Ski Country any weekday and ki all day and all night (6 {9:00 am NORTH SHORE WATERFRONT INDUSTRIES 7, Seaboard International Terminal 8. Lynnlerm 9. Dow Chemical Canada Inc. 10, Canadian Occidental Chemicats NEWS photo Tery Peters CANABIANOXY’S North Vancouver pliant transports a wide range of chemicals by Sarge, rail and truck and has a specialized salety team on hand to respond to any emergencies. For snow conditions call: 879-3999 For information call: 986-2261