TSI Terminal Systems Inc. (TSI) and DP World (Canada) Inc. have announced the introduction of night gate operations five nights a week at Port Metro Vancouver’s major container terminals, effective July 1, 2014. With the implementation of the night gates, is the introduction of a reservation fee applied to daytime transactions only. The fee is intended to be set at a value that will cost recover the additional operating hours. The extended operations will create over 377 jobs (including direct, indirect and induced), reduce truck traffic and congestion during peak daytime hours, maximize the use of existing port infrastructure and create more opportunities for growth by offering a wider range of access times at the terminals for container truckers.
As of July 1st day gates for trucks operate from 08:00 to 16:30 and night gates will operate from 16:30 to 01:00 at Vanterm, Deltaport and Centerm.