Roberts Bank Superport opened circa 1969 with one coal port pad. During the early 1980's, the width of the Causeway was doubled with three additional pads completed, quadrupling the land area of the superport.
Two of the pads are utilized for coal export while the other two pads eventually became a container terminal during the early 1990's.
Today, Berth 3 of the container terminal opened comprising 3 new gantry cranes at an approximate cost of $400 million bringing capacity up to ~1.3 million TEUs per annum - up from 900,000 TEUs per annum.
Quote:
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 18, 2010) - The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today announced that three new state-of-the-art dockside gantry cranes for the Third Berth at Deltaport in Vancouver, British Columbia, are now operating. This new world-class facility will significantly improve the region's rail, port and trucking operations.
Third Berth at Deltaport will also boast the first container terminal in North and South America to use dual-hoist cranes that are capable of lifting 80 tonnes,"
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http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/...s-Now-Operating-at-Deltaport-1103177.htm
http://a100.gov.bc.ca/appsdata/epic/docu...328_f26c46a9c4474ae28f98bc46cce3d3f0.pdf
Source:
http://www.portmetrovancouver.com/projects/ongoing_projects/Deltaport_Third_Berth_Project.aspx
Future expansion includes the proposed Terminal 2 (as jlousa has mentioned), which will also include three additional berths and will be located on the eastern inside area of the causeway adjacent to the existing terminal.