Transportation
BIV's coverage of the transportation sector provides the latest news relating to roads, air travel, shipping, ports and beyond in Vancouver and British Columbia
TransLink ridership rebound outperforms other transit systems
TransLink's September ridership rebound from 2019 exceeded the Canadian average
Traffic spikes but Canadian airlines remain in the red
Largest 24 Canadian air carriers lost a combined $574.5 million in the second quarter of 2022
Oceans Protection Plan gets $1.2 billion boost
Announcement brings spending for things like oil spill response to $3.5 billion
Collaboration is key to cargo decongestion: Port boss
Prince Rupert’s rise aids Vancouver’s, Canada’s Asia-Pacific Gateway
Supply chain resiliency depends on quick expansion of port capacity: VFPA president
In his annual address to local business leaders, the top executive at Vancouver Fraser Port Authority again took aim at the federal regulatory approval process for major projects as being too slow...
Feds announce $75M investment in Prince Rupert port
The funding will go towards the building of a second berth at Prince Rupert’s Trigon Pacific facility – formerly known as Ridley Terminals
YVR passenger volume stays at 86 per cent of pre-pandemic level
Traffic is up 81.9 per cent, compared with last year
Upgrading road and rail links a complex cargo puzzle
A year after floods, infrastructure upgrades are underway, but concerns remain
Inflation deceleration delayed on Asia-North America trade routes
Transpacific cargo demand and rates are decreasing, but shippers and consumers will be on the hook for freight cost spikes until well into 2023
Atlas agrees to multibillion-dollar Poseidon takeover
Parent company of Seaspan, the Vancouver-based world’s largest lessor of container ships, to be taken private in US$11 billion deal