The Port of Vancouver moved record volumes of Canadian trade during the first six months of 2025, delivering substantial quantities of Canadian-made grain, energy, and fertilizer exports to diverse world markets against a challenging geopolitical backdrop.
The port’s mid-year cargo statistics demonstrate a 13% increase in cargo moved between January and June 2025, compared to the same six-month period last year with a record exceeding 85 million metric tonnes of cargo handled.
Containerized trade over the first half of 2025 remained steady, while cruise and auto volumes declined following record performances in 2024.
More than 80% of trade through the Port of Vancouver is Canadian trade with countries other than the U.S.
The Port of Vancouver’s four container terminals moved 1.88 million TEUs at mid-2025, with mid-year volume growth of 6% driven largely by Canadian trade. This represented the second highest container volume moved at mid-year, after 2021’s record of 1.94 million TEU.
Containerized trade like the Canadian economy has shown remarkable strength and resilience so far this year in the face of U.S. tariffs and global uncertainty, said Xotta,President and CEO of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority.
The Port of Vancouver has a critical role in meeting the moment as Canadian businesses seek to sell more of their products to more customers outside of the US.
The Port of Vancouver is Canada’s largest and most diversified port already connecting Canada with more than 170 global economies and moving as much cargo as Canada’s next five largest ports combined.
Increasingly, Canadian businesses turn to containers to securely trade goods with world markets. With containerized trade through the port on a long-term growth trajectory, Roberts Bank Terminal 2 is uniquely positioned to deliver for Canada.
They are also advancing towards a final investment decision soon for the nation-building project, which will unlock an additional $100 billion annually in West Coast trade capacity and enable Canadian businesses to capture even greater overseas market share.
