Overview
 Kinder Morgan’s Vancouver Wharves Terminal is one of North America's dominant deep-sea terminals, located on the north shore of the Port of Vancouver's main harbor. Our virtually new terminal offers a variety of both in- and out-bound services for bulk and break-bulk shippers moving product to and from all regions of Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest.
The terminal is ideally located for both rail and highway traffic. We receive railcars directly from CN Rail and via interchanges from CP and Burlington Northern Santa Fe. We're within five-minutes of the Trans Canada Highway (Hwy. 1).
Our modern facilities include five deep-sea berths (with wharf frontage of 900 meters), 45 hectares of land, tracks for up to 400 railcars, and storage facilities for a variety of products. We handle mineral concentrates, pulp and paper, liquids, sulphur, fertilizers and agri-products. We also have five hectares of land, inside the loop tracks, available for development.
 Services
Terminal Specifications
Size = 139 Acres
Total Storage Capacity =
Bulk -
 - 1 million tons-Mineral storage
- Enclosed storage for over 500,000 tons of concentrate, multiple separations
- (7) warehouses, some with multiple separations
- Pulp/paper storage; 35,000 sq. meters covered storage on wide apron dock area
- Sulfur storage of approx. 175,000 tons
- Agri-products storage includes 10 bins that hold approx. 25,000 tons in total
Liquids -
- 248,000 barrels (4 tanks)
- Land available for additional storage
No. of Ship Docks = (4) deep-sea berths: Draft varies from 11.3 – 13.7 meters (37 – 45 ft), each berth with an approximate length of 900 ft. accommodates deep draft ships; up to an including Panamax vessels
Commodities Handled =
Bulk -
- Mineral concentrates (copper, zinc, lead), sulfur, specialty agriculture products (peas, lentils), pulp.
Liquids -
- Tanks last handled canola oil, currently empty.
Transportation Modes
Servicing Body of Water = Burrard Inlet, Pacific Ocean
Servicing Railroads = CN Rail; Interchanges from CP and Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Major Features
The terminal is strategically located in the Port of Vancouver with (4) berths and available land for additional business.
Agri-Products
 Kinder Morgan’s Vancouver Wharves Terminal provides unique, dedicated facilities and services for the agri-products industry. This new terminal opened in the spring of 2000.
Our facility is specially designed for bulk exports of fragile products such as human-consumption peas, lentils and chickpeas, malt, and various "hard-to-handle" feed products including large hay cubes, alfalfa pellets and cubes, and canola meal.
The design, and unit-train capabilities of our facility also make it perfect for shipping large volumes of identity-preserved grains.
The terminal is the only facility on North America's west coast to offer soft-handling right from railcar to the ship's hold. The entire plant, including specially designed "bean-ladder" equipped storage and small-drop transfers, has been custom built to maintain product condition.
Third-party analysis shows that unloading yellow peas from railcars into our storage bins, storage and subsequent loading to a ship, increases the splits by only 0.1 percent. When it comes to soft-handle, we're the best on the coast!
We're also the cleanest terminal on the coast. Kinder Morgan Vancouver Wharves is the only grain-handling facility to have been awarded a Triple A (AAA) Canadian Grain Commission cleanliness rating, an achievement we continue to maintain.
Details
- Rail, handling systems and berth are totally dedicated to agri-products.
- Surge (storage) capacity protects product quality and reduces risk of rail/ship demurrage; currently 30,000 tonnes with room to add more.
- 100-car unit trains can be brought onto the loop track and unloaded with only one break in the train.
- Totally enclosed variable-speed belts provide gentle handling – there are no bucket elevators anywhere in the system.
- "Airveyor" belts ride on a layer of air (instead of rollers) for smooth, clean handling.
- Certified weighing and sampling are possible both on receipt and shipping.
- Individual car weights can be provided on receipt.
- Fully enclosed track shed unloads over 50 cars/shift .
- Powerful dust-control and brush/vacuum systems allow for quick product change.
- Fast loading system designed for 1500 tonnes per hour from storage.
- Cascade" shiploader flows product into the bottom of the hold, for gentle dust-free vessel loading.
- Twelve-meter (38 feet) berth depth accommodates deep draft ships, including Panamaxes.
- Fully licensed by the Canadian Grain Commission - a government regulatory agency responsible for maintaining the consistent high quality of Canada's grain supply.
Mineral Concentrates
 Kinder Morgan’s Vancouver Wharves Terminal offers the premiere mineral trans-loading facility on North America's west coast. With both ship loading and unloading capabilities, the terminal serves the needs of some of the world's largest mining companies.
Environmental care is first and foremost at Kinder Morgan Vancouver Wharves. Our concentrates facilities are fully enclosed to ensure the cleanest handling possible.
Additionally, we collect and treat all the water used on our site, including even rainfall. The water is cleaned in sophisticated, modern treatment facilities before being released back into the ocean.
The terminal boasts the only permanent unloading crane in the Port of Vancouver, and we have enclosed facilities for both loading and unloading railcars. We can also receive product by truck.
Seven warehouses, some with multiple separations, provide customers with storage flexibility.
Details
- Draft alongside berth: 13.7 meters (45 feet).
- Loading equipment: traveling gantry shiploader.
- Unloading equipment: grab bucket unloading crane.
- Vessel capacity: up to and including Panamax vessels.
- Enclosed storage for over 500,000 tonnes of concentrate, multiple separations.
- Products handled: copper, zinc, lead, specialty minerals.
Liquids
Kinder Morgan’s Vancouver Wharves Terminal has one of the best liquids-handling facilities in the port. With storage for over ten million gallons (US), our shippers are always assured of having their cargo available when their ships arrive. Two separate outbound handling and shipping systems give us the flexibility required to handle and store two different products at the same time.
Details
- Draft alongside berth: 11.3 meters (37 feet).
- Berth length: 280 meters (918 feet).
- Two separate systems: each with their own receiving, storing and shipping capabilities.
- Railcar Unloading stations: five on one system, ten on the other.
- Storage: two 1-million-US-gallon tanks (832,680 imperial gallons) and two 4- million-US-gallon tanks (3,300,720 imperial gallons).
- Loading arm: services ships at rates of up to 900 tonnes per hour.
- Stainless steel shipping line: services ships at rates of up to 700 tonnes per hour.
Pulp & Paper
 Over the past 35 years, we've built our reputation in the pulp and paper business by having both excellent facilities and superior handling capabilities.
Significant features of our facility include weather-protected unloading areas, enclosed cement-floor warehouses, weather-protected trailer-loading stations, and the closest warehouse proximity to vessel of any export facility in the Lower Mainland.
With both railcar and truck unloading ramps, a full-depth berth, and ample storage, we're able to provide our customers with the flexibility they require.
Kinder Morgan Vancouver Wharves has a complete array of modern efficient handling equipment to protect pulp quality. We were the first deep-sea pulp terminal in Canada to attain independent recognition by the ISO quality assurance program.
We pride ourselves on both product care and productivity.
Details
- Draft alongside berth: 11.3 meters (37 feet).
- Berth length: 280 meters (918 feet).
- Three covered/enclosed railcar-unloading areas.
- Three truck-unloading ramps.
- Loading equipment: a complete array of up-to-date mobile equipment including surf-boards, clamp-style lift trucks, stainless-steel decked trailers and custom loading platforms for optimum cargo protection.
- Modern enclosed storage: 35,000 square meters.
- Advanced computerized pulp-inventory-management system.
- Compressed-air stations to ensure product care.
Sulphur / Dry Bulk
 Kinder Morgan’s Vancouver Wharves' dry-bulk system caters to the needs of Canada's sulphur and fertilizer exporters. Opened in the early 1960s, and completely rebuilt in 2000, the facility provides the fast railcar unloading and vessel-loading services required to compete in the new millennium.
Details
- Railcar dumper: can receive rotary gondolas or bottom-dump hopper cars.
- Multiple loop tracks: means no breaking the trains - cars stay together as a unit.
- Fast unloading: sulphur units (104 cars) are unloaded in less than five hours; fertilizer units in less than a shift.
- Storage: for approximately 175,000 tonnes of sulphur.
- Fast loading: two quadrant shiploaders rated at up to 3500 tph each.
- Draft alongside berth: 12.9 meters (42 feet).
- Maximum vessel capacity: Panamax and even Cape size can be accommodated.
- Cargoes handled: sulphur, urea, potash, other dry-bulk.
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