The Port of Prince Rupert is now Canada’s second largest container handling facility
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The Fairview Container Terminal has upped its capacity by 50%
The port can now handle the largest container ships in the world, thanks to massive Malacca cranes
“They look like a large dinosaur in a sense. //SPLIT// They are 300 ft high and they can handle the largest container ships that ply the waters of the world.” – Don Krusel, President, and CEO of the Port of Prince Rupert
Up until 10 years ago, Prince Rupert had never processed a single container
Now it can load and unload ships that carry up to 20,000
The port employs 3,300 people directly and supports another 2,000 or so indirect jobs
