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OPEN HOUSES, DISPLAYS, DEMONSTRATIONS

Public gets chance to inspect port

THE INDUSTRIAL heart of the North Shore will be laid bare Sunday for public inspection and _ edification with the Vancouver Port orP.’s (VPC) Port Day

By TIMOTHY RENSHAW News Reporter

The event, based for the second year running at North Vancouver City’s Waterfront Park and coin- ciding with the Port of Van- couver’s 125th anniversary, will feature a wide range of displays, demonstrations, open houses and tours designed to give the public an educational and entertaining look at the various industries and ser- vices that make up Canada’s larg- est port,

“It’s our one day party we have every year,”’ said Vancouver Port Corp. spoke:man Barbara Dug- gai. ‘It’s our open house. It in- vites the community to come look at the largest port in Canada, and shows that we are very muc*: a part of the community.”’

Wii: over 50 per cent of major Vancouver port facilities based on the North Shore, the Waterfront Park location is a fitting site to host the annual Port Day.

Included again this year in the celebrations will be an open house at North Vancouver’s Pacific Marine Training Institute, a miniature rail display in the BC Rail building, North Shore rescue demonstrations and exhibits from such major North Shore water-

A BIRD’S-EYE view of the North Shore's extensive waterfront port fa- cilities, which will be featured in Port Day '89. Celebrations focusing on Vancouver, Canada’s largest port, will take place all day Sunday at North Vancouver City’s Waterfront Park and at Vancouver's Ballantyne

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VANCOUVER PORT Corp. mascot Salty Sam will again be making an appearence at Port Day celebrations, scheduled for Sunday at North Vancouver’s Waterfront Park. Salty will be arriving just after noon to welcome

visitors to Port Day ‘89.

front companies as Neptune Bulk Terminals, Vancouver Wharves Ltd., Dow Chemical Canada Inc. and Canadian Occidental Pet- roleum.

In addition, the refurbished 19th century fishing vessel! S.S. Delta

Wednesday, cloudy with sunay periods; a chance of showers. Thursday, cleudy with a few showers. Highs near 16°C.

will be moored at the SeaBus’ North Shore maintenance dock at the foot of Chesterfield Avenue. Free Vancouver harbor cruises will also be available aboard the motor vessels Constitution and Gulf Stream. The 45-minute

cruises run between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. and depart from the Water- front Park area,

They feature a running com- mentary on the various port facili- ties, and are filled on a first- come-first-served basis.

Duggan estimated that the 120- Passenger Constitution carried close to 1,000 people at last year’s Port Day. The 80-passenger Gulf Stream was added this year to handle the demand for the cruises.

In addition to North Shore cele- brations, Port Day ‘89 also features exhibits and demonstra- tions on the port’s south side at such facilities as Ballantyne Ter- minal.

An estimated 20,000 people rode the SeaBus between the two sites last year. A shuttle bus will be available from the south side SeaBus station to transport visitors to Ballantyne and the port’s south shore activities.

Duggan said arrangements for Port Day’s North Shore celebra- tions have proved to be much more of a cooperative community effort from local industry, government, the private sector and the port corporation than those on the port’s southside, which are basical- ly organized by the VPC and the maritime industry and unions.

‘We have had tremendous par- ticipation from the private sector and the community,’’ she said. “The North Shore experience has been great. There just seems to be a greater cohesion on the North Shore.”’

Vancouver is Canada’s largest port, three times larger than Mon- treal, the country’s second largest

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It is also the third largest port in North America and among the world’s top 20 ports in foreign tonnage shipped.

More than 3,000 foreign ships representing 90 nations pass through the port annually.

Port Corp. plays big role

on N.

THE VANCOUVER Port

Corp. (VPC) is the ad-

ministrative body for North Shore and other Burrard Inlet

marine industries and facilities.

1t was established as a federal Crown corporation in 1983 and is the administrative and promo- tional arm for the entire port.

It has jurisdiction over 555 sq. km. of navigable waterways and 219 km. of coastline, including English Bay, Burrard Inlet east to Port Moody and Indian Arm, Roberts Bank’s outer harbor, the Sturgeon Bank and Boundary Bay south to the U.S. border.

The corporation, whose opera- tion is totally self-sustaining, employs about 200 people.

VPC is responsible for harbor vessel movement and safety stand- ards, harbor security, operation of the port’s harbor master and overall harbor administrative regu- lations.

It is a major Burrard Inlet tand- owner and collects lease payments from the industries and businesses located on its port properties.

The corporation also owns five terminals including the North Shore’s Lynnterm.

In addition to collecting lease payments from its industrial and other tenants, VPC also collects harbor dues from vessels and ber- thage fees from ships that use cor- poration docks.

The North Shore has been an in- tegral part of the Vancouver port since the port’s official birth 125 years ago, and a major part of VPC’s responsibilities.

When the Ellen Lewis sailed Nov. 9, 1864 from the North Shore bound for Australia with a load of fence picket, it became the first ship ‘to leave Vancouver harbor laden with port cargo.

And the North Shore is home to the lion’s share of Vancouver’s deep-water marine facilities.

By TIMOTHY RENSHAW News Reporter

The North Shore alone handles more commodities annually (ap- proximately 22 million tons) than the entire port of Montreal (21 million tons annually).

Major North Shore port facili- ties:

Shore waterfront

B.C. and also ships lead, zinc, pulp, paper and nitrates.

* Yancouver Wharves Ltd.: ships sulphur, potash, Ore concentrates and methanol.

@ Fibreco Export Inc.: woodchip terminal America.

e Lynnterm: ships lumber, pulp, assorted forest products along with containers, general cargo and steel.

e Seaboard International Termi- nal: ships forest products, con- tainers and heavy equipment.

@ Versatile Pacific Shipyards Inc.:

the largest in North

The North Shore alone handles more commodities annually (approximately 22 million tons) than the entire port of Montreal (21 million | tons s annually).

° Neptune Bulk Terminals (Canada) Ltd.: handles coal, pot- ash, feed pellets, chemical ‘fertil- izer, canola oil and phosphate rock.

Last Saturday, Neptune began foading the port’s largest ever, single-grade shipment of alfalfa pellets to Korea.

* Saskatchewan Wheat Pool:

handles and cleans grain.

© Pioneer Grain: also handles

grain and is the only private grain

terminal in the port. The others are

all co-operatives.

© Canadian Occidental Petroleum

Ltd.: handles oil, gas and chemi-

cals.

© Dow Chemical Canada Inc.:

processes caustic soda solution,

shea’ dichloride and ethylene col

@ Albright & Wilson Americas:

produces sodium chlorate used in

pulp bleaching process.

* Cassiar Mining Corp.: handles

asbestos from its mine in Cassiar,

The largest shipyard | on Canada’ $ West Coast, currently awaiting final arrival of the federal gov- ernment’s $350 million Polar Class 8 icebreaker. A deal to sell Ver- satile’s North Vancouver and Vic- toria yards to Shieldings inc. of Toronto is expected to be com- pleted on or about May 30.

Other North Shore shipyards in- clude Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd., Allied Shipbuilders Ltd. and McKenzie Barge & Marine Ways Ltd.

‘The North Shore is also home to a wide range of other port-related marine services, industries and businesses such as BC Rail, C.H. Cates and Sons Ltd., the Pacific Marine Training Institute, the port’s Vessel Traffic Services Cen- tre in West Vancouver’s Kapilano 100 building and world under- water, high technology leaders Can-Dive Services Ltd. and Inter- national Hard Suits Inc.