page_title: Port of Vancouver (1964–2008)
section_title: Merger
hierarchical_section_title: Port of Vancouver (1964–2008) / History / Merger
caption_attribution_description: English: Panoramic view of the Vancouver harbour waterfront. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Français&#160;: Vue panoramique du port de Vancouver. Vancouver (Colombie-Britannique, Canada).
context_page_description: The Port of Vancouver was the name of the largest port in Canada, the largest in the Pacific Northwest, and the largest port on the West Coast of North America by metric tons of total cargo, with 76.5 million metric tons. The port amalgamated with the Fraser River Port Authority and the North Fraser Port Authority in 2008 to form Port Metro Vancouver.
  In terms of container traffic measured in twenty-foot equivalent units, the port ranked in 2006 as the largest port in Canada, the largest in the Pacific Northwest, the fourth-largest port on the West Coast of North America, and fifth-largest in North America overall.
  The Port of Vancouver trades $43 billion in goods with more than 90 trading economies annually. The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is the corporation responsible for management of the port, which, in addition to the city of Vancouver, includes all of Burrard Inlet and Roberts Bank Superport in Delta.
  The Port of Vancouver is also the world hub for Canadian shipping company, Asia Pacific Marine Container Lines.
context_section_description: On January 1, 2008, the Port of Vancouver officially amalgamated with two other local port authorities, the North Fraser Port Authority and the Fraser River Port Authority, into a new organization, called the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority.
caption: Panorama of Vancouver's waterfront (1910).
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