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2010 Winter Olympic is here in Vancouver, BC

Canada's largest and busiest port

Port Metro Vancouver is responsible for the operation and development of the assets and jurisdictions of the combined former Fraser River Port Authority, North Fraser Port Authority and Vancouver Port Authority.
Positioned on the southwest coast of British Columbia in Canada, Port Metro Vancouver is North America’s gateway to the world’s most dynamic economies. Port jurisdiction covers nearly 600 kilometres of shoreline and extends from Point Roberts at the Canada/U.S. border through Burrard Inlet to Port Moody and Indian Arm, and from the mouth of the Fraser River, eastward to the Fraser Valley, north along the Pitt River to Pitt Lake, and includes the north and middle arms of the Fraser River.
On January 1, 2008, after nearly one hundred and fifty years of existing separately, the Fraser River Port Authority, North Fraser Port Authority and Vancouver Port Authority combined to become the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA), now known as Port Metro Vancouver.
Bordering on 16 municipalities, Port Metro Vancouver works with elected officials, city staff, residents and businesses to balance the needs of the shipping and tourism industries, and local communities. The Port is committed to sustainable operations and development, mindful of economic, social and environmental impacts.
As the fourth largest tonnage port in North America, we offer 28 major marine cargo terminals and three Class 1 railroads, providing a full range of facilities and services to the international shipping community.
The Port’s deep-sea terminals offer virtually no draft restrictions, Super Post-Panamax capacity and extensive on-dock rail facilities. PMV’s freshwater facilities offer integrated services for the automobile and coastal forest industries, and for short-sea shipping. Port Metro Vancouver serves as homeport for the Vancouver-Alaska cruise industry.
As the most diversified port in North America, Port Metro Vancouver operates across five business sectors: automobiles, breakbulk, bulk, container and cruise. The Port facilitates trade with more than 130 world economies, and handles nearly 130 million tones of cargo each year. Almost 95 percent of the Port’s total volume serves Canadian import and export markets.
The Port’s deep-sea terminals offer virtually no draft restrictions, Super Post-Panamax capacity and extensive on-dock rail facilities. PMV’s freshwater facilities offer integrated services for the automobile and coastal forest industries, and for short-sea shipping. Port Metro Vancouver serves as homeport for the Vancouver-Alaska cruise industry.
The Port's environmental programs include environmental management of all port operations and mitigation of environmental impacts related to development and expansion proposals.
Port Metro Vancouver is committed to the efficient and reliable movement of goods and passengers through the port while integrating environmental, social and economic sustainability initiatives into all areas of port operations. By strengthening our partnerships and encouraging innovation, we can improve the port's performance in a sustainable way.

Deltaport's new third berth officially opens - bringing a 50 per cent increase in terminal capacity

On January 18, Global Container Terminals and Port Metro Vancouver, along with government officials, officially opened the new $400 million third berth at Deltaport container terminal.

The new berth is a $400 million dollar investment in the future of Canada's Pacific Gateway.

Deltaport is the largest container terminal in Canada, handling approximately 45 percent of the containerized cargo that moves through Canada’s west coast and more than half of the containerized cargo through Port Metro Vancouver. The project, which took two years to construct, increases Deltaport’s capacity by up to 50 per cent from 1.2 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) to 1.8 million TEUs, and adds approximately 20 hectares of container storage facilities and the first quad cranes in North and South America.

“Every container that lands at the port generates approximately $2,200 in economic output. The new third berth will increase Deltaport’s capacity by 50 percent and create 356 new jobs,” said Michael Moore, President and CEO of Global Container Terminals. “Global Container Terminals is proud to have contributed to this major infrastructure investment for the future of Canada’s Pacific Gateway.”

Deltaport’s ongoing expansion project is in direct response to the growing needs of Canadian industry and consumer demand. Construction of the new berth began in January 2007 and was completed in December 2009. It was developed in an environmentally sustainable manner, with more than $25 million spent on habitat compensation and long-term monitoring of the local ecosystem. The shared $400 million infrastructure investment was completed on-budget and on-time by Port Metro Vancouver and Global Container Terminals, and created 640 person years of employment during construction.

Port Metro Vancouver has also provided an additional $2 million in funding to the Corporation of Delta for community amenities to help revitalize the local waterfront area of Ladner Village. And as part of the Deltaport third berth project, the Tsawwassen First Nation was awarded $2.1 million in construction contracts and 19 person years of construction-related employment.

“Over the next ten years, container traffic through the west coast is expected to double,” said Robin Silvester, President and CEO, Port Metro Vancouver. “The new berth at Deltaport is part of a long-term plan to strengthen Canada’s Pacific Gateway and ensure our ability to accommodate the growth in container trade, in particular with Pacific Rim economies like China.”

Container imports through Deltaport typically carry consumer goods such as food, electronics, furniture and clothing; whereas container exports generally consist of Canadian resources such as lumber, pulp, specialty grain products and Canadian manufactured products such as machinery.

About GCT Global Container Terminals Inc.: GCT Global Container Terminals Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, one of the largest financial institutions in Canada. The Company operates four container terminals through three principal businesses in North America: TSI Terminal Systems Inc. in Vancouver and Delta, British Columbia; New York Container Terminal on Staten Island, New York; and Global Terminal & Container Services in Bayonne, New Jersey. In Canada, TSI provides service for more than 75% of the containerized cargo that moves through Port Metro Vancouver at Vanterm in the inner harbour and Deltaport at Roberts Bank. In the United States, New York Container Terminal and Global Terminal handles more than 10% of the Port of New York and New Jersey's container traffic.

About Port Metro Vancouver: Port Metro Vancouver is Canada’s largest and North America’s fourth largest and most diversified port, trading $75 billion in goods with more than 130 trading economies annually. Port activities generate 129,500 total jobs across Canada, $10.5 billion in GDP and $22.2 billion in economic output.

For more information, please contact:

Kate Best

604-862-2280

kbest@national.ca

Shipping Cost for Pet to Vancouver from Hong Kong

I checked with shipping agent in Hong Kong. Cost as below:

Ex Hong Kong (HKG) to Vancouver, BC (YVR): USD 33.00/kg
+ Fuel Surcharge: USD0.57/kg
+ Security Fee: USD0.13/kg

1)Hong Kong government can provide following documentation:
Official Animal Health Certificate USD200
Application Procedure
i. Fill in the Application Form of Official Animal Health Certificate
ii. Appoint with government veterinarian for animal health check 10 days in advance.
iii. The Official Animal Health Certificate will be issued 2 working days after the dog passed the health check.
iv. The live animal has to export within 4 days after the certificate issued.

2)Official Endorsement of a Animal Health Certificate Issued by a Duly Qualified Veterinary Surgeon
Fee: USD 165.00
B)Application Procedure
i. Fill in the Application Form of "Official Endorsement of a Animal Health Certificate Issued by a Duly Qualified Veterinary Surgeon"
ii. Present the Hard Copy of Health Certificate issued by a duly qualified veterinary surgeon.
iii.The Official Endorsement will be issued 1 working day after the application.
iv. The live animal has to export within 10 days from the issuing date of the health certificate.

Remarks: The following documents are necessary to apply both A and B.
1) Dog License
2) Medical and Health Record
3) Import License / Official Import Authorization from import to Canada

I will check with Canada authority today and see what kind of document we are required to import a pet to Canada.

Contact ex coworker

Today I contacted coworker from my previous company. He is a sales executive. I hope he can provide me more business connection. He worked for Kintetsu Intermodal Seattle about 13 years ago. His office is used to help building company to ship material to Asia.So he asked me to contact couple of his old client. He believed there are many companies in Seattle that ship building materials to Asia. I will contact them and take it from there.

Shipping pet from Hong Kong to Canada

Today I have a customer who wants to ship a dog from Hong Kong to Vancouver. The relocation of pets worldwide can be demanding and complex, requiring detailed planning and sensitive handling. So I contacted a shipping agent in Vancouver. They will provide following service for import services:
arrange Canada Customs clearance
transfers to a domestic flight or international flight
meeting your pets upon arrival at the airport
direct delivery to your residence or boarding kennel
They can also provide excellent boarding facilities if customer are not immediately ready to receive your pets.
I also contacted airlines for shipping a pet. Price will be a bit affortable. But customer needs to do prepare all the Customs clearance. I am still working on the quotation with shipping agent. I will over rate in next post when I have more detail.

Meeting with Tamoda Apparel Inc

Here I am again.
Yesterday, I had client meeting with Tamoda Apparel which is is located in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada just 2 hours north of Seattle, Washington. This world class apparel manufacturing facility invests heavily in the latest apparel manufacturing technologies and is the leader in flat-seam sewing as well as gluing and welding in the application of zippers, and pockets. Implementation of the latest in technology, such as the Gerber Laser Cutter allows Tamoda’s North American facility to compete in a competitive global apparel sourcing market.
Actually, I was worked at Tamoda few years ago as Traffic Coordinator. During meeting, we discussed how my service to her them improve their business. I am trying to business from them as we have closed relationship. I hope I can provide them shipping business to carry fabric shipment from USA to Canada. However, they have shipment from China to USA. But I don't want to get all their business at once. Since I used to help them arrange fabric shipment, I think I will feel more comfortable to deal with their fabric shipment business in the first order. Tamoda mentioned about payment terms, they want to setup credit line with us. I think I will offer them 2 weeks credit terms for start. Once business pick up, we will offer them more flexibility terms.

Welcome to my blog from Patrick Wong (Vancouver,BC Canada)

This is my first blog I've ever made. Let me introduce briefly myself. My name is Patrick Wong. I am living in Vancouver,BC Canada. Beautiful British Columbia. I am working for a logistics company as Operation and sales Executive. I have been logistics business for more 15 years. This blog will be mainly focus how I feel about this business. I just want to share my thought about the industry. What kind of achievement and difficulty I have been facing. As stated I have been in logistics industry for more than 15 years. I found logistics industry is getting harder and harder to survive, especially in Vancouver where my homeland is. The problem is Vancouver is not Industrail city. We don't have many big industrial here. So import and export business is not as good as other big city in Canada. Such as Toronto. Fortunately, we are located on the Pacific Rim and at the western terminus of Canada's transcontinental highway and rail routes. The Port of Vancouver, Canada's largest and most diversified, does more than C$75 billion in trade with over 130 different economies annually. Port activities generate $10.5 billion in gross domestic product and $22 billion in economic output.[80] Vancouver is also the headquarters of forest product and mining companies. In recent years, Vancouver has become an increasingly important centre for software development, biotechnology and a vibrant film industry.

BC Gateways

British Columbia’s ports are the shortest marine links to the surging economies of the Asia-Pacific.
The Province’s major ports, airports, railways, and roadways are a major hub in a supply chain providing many of the goods we consume each and every day. The hub is known around the world as the Pacific Gateway.
Our established road, rail and air connections reach deep into the heart of Canadian and US markets. Container traffic to all west coast ports is forecast to rise a staggering 300% by 2020.
A unique partnership of Gateway industries and governments at the Federal, Provincial and Regional level oversees the Pacific Gateway Strategy. High level coordination ensures a robust, reliable, and sustainable supply chain.
For learn more about Canada's Asia Pacific Gateway and CorridorInitiative visithttp://www.tc.gc.ca/CanadasGateways/APGCI/index.htmland British Columbia's Pacific Gatewayvisit: http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/PacificGateway/index.htm.

ALCO LOGISTICS INC-INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT FORWARDER

Port and cruise ships keep Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games green
1/8/2010 10:51:23 AM
Port Metro Vancouver will soon welcome cruise ships from Holland America Line, Carnival Cruise Lines and Norwegian Cruise Lines to Vancouver as they arrive to provide accommodation for tourists and security forces.
“We are very pleased to welcome our cruise industry partners back to Vancouver during this exciting lead-up to the 2010 Winter Games,” said Robin Silvester, Port Metro Vancouver’s President and Chief Executive Officer.
“Cruise ships have been used as floating accommodation in other sporting events such as the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Greece. Working with the cruise lines, we believe we have developed probably the most stringent environmental requirements ever for an event like this anywhere in the world and we are pleased to be doing our part to ensure Vancouver hosts the greenest games possible.”
To make sure the highest possible air and water quality is maintained, environmental requirements include air emissions as well as liquid and solid waste. These requirements include:
Cruise ships must meet the equivalent air emissions reduction that would result from the use of fuels with low sulphur content. Further, as a commitment to a sustainable 2010 Winter Games, greenhouse gas emissions offsets are required for all land and water based sources of emissions associated with the accommodation vessels.
No discharges of any waste into the harbour.
Ships will be required to connect to Metro Vancouver’s sanitary sewer and pump barges to properly dispose of liquid waste.
Solid waste is required to be properly removed and disposed of; the use of ship board incinerators to dispose of solid waste will not be permitted.
“This is the first time ever that cruise ships have served as accommodation at a Winter Olympics,” said John Hansen, President of the North West CruiseShip Association. “We are proud of our participation. We are also proud of the high levels of environmental protection that we can achieve."
Port Metro Vancouver is proud to be an official supplier to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games and is committed to operating in a sustainable manner, safeguarding and promoting continual protection of the environment.
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For More Information:
Communications & Government Affairs
Tel: 604-665-9281 Email: Public_Affairs@portmetrovancouver.com