WASHINGTON: The Port of Vancouver wants to find a business with a desire to build and operate a high-volume marine shipping terminal at a 40-acre site at the port’s Terminal 5. The port issued a request for statements of interest from prospective firms that may want to operate a dry or liquid bulk or auto-transport facility. Submissions are due by 5 p.m. Dec. 23. The terminal sits along a rail loop that was built in 2010 as part of the port’s $275 million West Vancouver Freight Access project. It also has an existing fixed dock and is near the Terminal 4 floating dock that is used for automobile imports.
The available property is at the same terminal as the proposed Vancouver Energy oil terminal, but is not the same site. Part of the terminal is currently used for storing wind turbine parts. In a news release, port Chief Marketing and Sales Officer Alastair Smith said there are many potential uses for the site. “Terminal 5 is a very unique property on the U.S. West Coast. The access to river, road and rail is unparalleled; you have the 43-foot-deep Columbia River shipping channel, high-capacity rail and excellent surface transportation access for local as well as interstate deliveries.”
