While the number of containers handled by Prince Rupert's Fairview Terminal was down slightly in January 2011 compared to January 2010, other facets of the port of Prince Rupert are already seeing significant growth compared to last year.
In total Fairview Terminals handed 23,070.3 TEUs last month compared to 26,236 last January, a drop of 12.1 per cent. The number of TEUs being imported fell by 17.1 per cent, from 15,311.3 to 12,689, while the number of exports grew fell from 10,924.8 to 10,381.3, a drop of five per cent. But the export numbers could be a bit misconstrued, as the number of loaded TEUs being exported grew by 139.5 per cent, climbing from 2,743 to 6,570.3, and the number of empty TEUs fell by 53.4 per cent.
Coming off of a record year last year, Ridley Terminals continues to experience growth heading into 2011. The company started off the year with a 28.4 per cent increase in tonnage being handled, rising from 684,563 tonnes to 878,906 tonnes.
And the number of logs being exported through the Prince Rupert harbour went up more than five times when compared year-to-year, climbing 405 per cent from 9,772 tonnes last January to 49,351 tonnes this year.
Prince Rupert Grain, meanwhile, started 2011 with a slight drop in tonnage handled but a noticeable difference in products being shipped. Total tonnage for the facility sat at 379,030 tonnes, down just 1.8 per cent from the 386,160 tonnes. Of note, there was no barley shipped this January compared to the 12,360 tonnes shipped last year, and 164,435 tonnes of canola shipped this year compared to none last year. Shipments of wheat were down 43.9 per cent, from 373,800 tonnes to 209,595 tonnes.
