Trigon Pacific Terminals, Prince Rupert Grain leading the way in Port through put through four months

A strong first four months for Trigon Pacific Terminals
has helped offset some of the lost tonnage volumes from
the DP World facility so far in 2023

The latest data release from the Prince Rupert Port Authority shows strong numbers for two major terminals on the waterfront, while the DP World Container Port is still seeing some global challenges and remains well back from its throughput of a year ago.

The April data from the PRPA shows a strong surge in Grain Shipments with Grain shipments  out of the Port to April nearly double that of one year ago. With a significant jump for the Year to Date numbers as well.

While not quite double in throughput, Trigon Pacific Terminal has had a strong first four months, with the April to April comparisons showing an increase in 2023 of close to 221,000 tonnes from a year ago. While the Year to date results are even more impressive.

For those working at the DP World facility however, the first four months have continued to be slow, with the volume of shipments through the container facility down 490,000 tonnes from last year.

A volume which has seen those on the lower reaches of the ILWU boards finding fewer calls to work than they have had in past years.

We last checked in with the Port on those volumes a month ago, at which time Port officials noted of the challenging time for the container shipping industry at the moment, with global supply chain disruptions and a shifting competitive landscape resulting in declines in North American imports.

For some of the other Terminals on the waterfront things remain much as they were a year ago, the Westview Wood Pellet Terminal is down slightly in through put through April.

While Watson Island is pretty well on par with their levels of last April.

With the large footprint that the DP World facility has on the employment picture in the community the numbers from the west side of Prince Rupert are concerning. 

But towards overall throughput for the Port, the data to April is actually fairly good.

The boost in shipments from Prince Rupert Grain, Trigon and other terminal operators has the overall Year to date numbers up by just over 912,000 tonnes for the Port from one  year ago.

You can review the full data package from the PRPA here.

More notes on Port related themes can be reviewed from our archive page.

Cross posted from the North Coast Review.