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Port Development

The Kitimat Harbour has the largest foreshore available of any port on the West Coast. The development of a private port will provide the infrastructure necessary to service those investors interested in developing manufacturing opportunities.

The terminals available currently at Kitimat are privately owned and the facilities are purpose specific and may have to be adapted to permit other uses.

Possibilities currently identified for the Port of Kitimat include:

• Up to 2 million tonnes per year of break bulk cargo
• Up to 3 million tonnes per year of bulk cargo
• Space for up to 8 new deep sea berths
• Space for 100,000 m2 of warehouse space
• Open space for 40,000 tonnes of steel imports
• Space for up to 180,000 tonnes of pellet storage
• Space for up to 500,000 tonnes of concentrate and aggregates storage

Possible areas of expansion are:

• Add warehouses and one new berth
• Add two berths and pellet silos

In future, add a bulk berth

• A break-bulk facility should be able to accommodate:
  • Forest products
  • Steel, construction equipment
  • Pipe
  • Automobiles
  • Mineral concentrates

The importance of such a terminal is that it would be able to accommodate different needs of a variety of companies, with relatively little effort and adjust the facility to meet those needs.

The port is ice-free year round and the Douglas Channel is well protected for passage.

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