Port of Prince Rupert

Port of Prince Rupert
Port of Prince Rupert in 2005
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Location
CountryCanada
LocationPrince Rupert, British Columbia
Coordinates54°17′18″N 130°21′22″W / 54.2883°N 130.3562°W / 54.2883; -130.3562
UN/LOCODECA PRR[1]
Details
Opened1914
Land area667,731 hectares (1,650,000 acres)
No. of berths5
Draft depth−16 m (−52 ft)
Rail lines CN Rail
President & CEOShaun Stevenson
Board ChairFrans Tjallingi
Statistics
Annual cargo tonnage29.84 million metric revenue tons (CY 2019)[2]
Annual container volume1.21 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) (CY 2019)[2]
Passenger traffic12,435 passengers (CY 2019)[2]
Website
www.rupertport.com

The Port of Prince Rupert is a seaport managed by the Prince Rupert Port Authority that occupies 667,731 hectares (1,650,000 acres) of land and water along 20 kilometres (12 miles) of waterfront. The port is located in Prince Rupert Harbour in the North Coast Regional District of British Columbia.

The Port of Prince Rupert is the third busiest seaport in Canada by container volume and cargo tonnage after the Port of Vancouver and Port of Montreal.[2]

  1. ^ "UNLOCODE (CA) – CANADA". www.unece.org. UNECE. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "CY 2019 Western Hemisphere Port Cargo and Passenger Counts". www.aapa-ports.org. Retrieved 2020-09-08.