The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is responsible for ensuring the safe, secure, and efficient movement of goods and passengers within the Port of Vancouver. To do this, we provide:
- Practices and procedures to promote safe and efficient navigation
- Anchorage assignments for commercial ships
- Review and implementation of safety measures
- Monitoring of and response to on-water port activity
- Marine expertise with project decision making and port practices and procedures
- Strategic and innovative marine operations for longer-term projects
We work collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders to ensure safe, efficient and resilient freight flow and environmental protection within the port authority's marine jurisdiction, while supporting growth in the gateway. Our partners include:
- Marine pilots
- Coast guard
- Terminal operators
- Shipping agents
- Indigenous groups and communities
- Municipal and regulatory agencies
- Federal agencies
- Domestic marine users