Vancouver’s port authority has awarded an expansion contract to ACS which will increase capacity to 1.5 million TEUs from 0.9 million TEUs. That followed a 5.7% year over year rise in containerized volumes in the 12 months to Nov. 30, and critically includes debottlenecking investments to tackle emerging congestion issues. The latter is an issue for ports globally, and in Canada’s case has led rail operators Canadian National and Canadian Pacific to restrict port access. Total freight handling at Vancouver, Montreal and Prince Rupert climbed 7.5% and may increase further a...