Pembina
Pembina operates a 125-acre bulk marine terminal in Vancouver, British Columbia, facilitating the export and import of various commodities with significant storage and handling capacities.
Marine Terminal Operations in Vancouver
Pembina operates a 125-acre bulk marine terminal located in Vancouver, British Columbia. The terminal is designed to accommodate Panamax class vessels and is equipped with rail infrastructure connected to three class one railways. This setup ensures seamless transportation and logistical coordination, enhancing the terminal's capacity to serve multiple industries effectively.
Export Capacity and Vessel Berths
Pembina's terminal offers export capacity at four vessel berths, facilitating extensive dry bulk and liquid storage capabilities. The facility is equipped with specialized conveyance and handling systems, designed to optimize the efficient loading and unloading of ocean-going vessels and barges. This infrastructure ensures that Pembina can handle significant volumes of cargo with efficiency.
Annual Cargo Handling Volumes
Pembina handles more than four million tonnes of dry bulk cargo and over six million barrels of liquids annually. Located in Canada's key western export trade gateway, the facility plays a crucial role in international trade, enabling the efficient movement of various commodities to and from global markets.
Variety of Handled Commodities
Pembina manages a range of key commodities through its Vancouver terminal. These include export copper concentrates from British Columbia mines, import zinc and lead concentrate for domestic smelting, formed sulphur bulk exports, agricultural product exports, and bulk liquids such as diesel and renewable diesel. This diversity underscores Pembina's capacity to support multiple sectors and industries.
Storage Capabilities
Pembina's terminal boasts extensive storage facilities, including covered storage for up to 500,000 tonnes of bulk cargo, a sulphur stockpile capacity of 175,000 tonnes, and storage tanks for 650,000 barrels of diesel and renewable bio-diesel. These capacities ensure that Pembina can accommodate large quantities of various products, aiding in efficient logistics and supply chain management.