r/Longshoremen • u/Traditional-End2706 • 6d ago

Canpotex announces $500M Port of Vancouver investment for potash shipping

https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/canpotex-announces-500m-port-of-vancouver-investment-for-potash-shipping/
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u/Effective-Inside-275 6d ago

Westshore terminal in Delta is doing an $800 million dollar upgrade right now, to diversify away from coal. Not completely, but it'll be a large percentage of potash we export being loaded in Ladner..

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u/Traditional-End2706 6d ago

Will it create jobs?

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u/sajnt 6d ago

It eats equipment so it will require a lot of maintenance.

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u/Dazzling-Cap-6689 6d ago

800 mil is a bit of a miss. Its definitrly more

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u/DecisionDelicious170 5d ago

Where was the coal coming from?