Neptune Bulk Terminals (City of North Vancouver)

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North America's largest multi-product bulk shipping terminal, Neptune Bulk Terminals is jointly owned by Canpotex (the world's largest exporter of potash), Teck Resources Ltd (Canada's largest mining company and a major metallurgical coal producer) and Bunge Canada (a major agri-business conglomerate). The terminal handles metallurgical coal, potash, specialty grains and agri-products, fertilizers, canola oil, and phosphate rock.

Improvements to coal train handling in early 2011 have increased coal handling capacity to 12 million tonnes per year, and longer unit trains can now be unloaded. Planning for a further expansion to 18 million tonnes is underway. This will involve a new dumper along with conveyor systems. Berth 1 is used to load coal onto ships.

Neptune currently has the capacity to handle 10.5 million tonnes per year of potash. Potash ship loading facilities are at Berth 2.


Neptune is also planning to build an unloading terminal, storage and handling facilities for imported phosphate rock. This plan will reinstate operations as they were when the terminal handled this product between the late 1960s and 2003. Berth 3 will be modified for unloading ships. This project is expected to be completed by summer 2014.

www.portmetrovancouver.com/users/landoperations/termina... and www.neptuneterminals.com/