Roberts Bank Superport, Container and coal port in Delta, Canada.
Roberts Bank Superport is a container and coal port in Delta, British Columbia, situated along the Strait of Georgia. It has two terminals built on land that was artificially created from the water, each run by a separate company.
Westshore Terminals opened in 1970 as the site's only tenant, built on a 20-hectare reclaimed pod at the end of a causeway. The facility was expanded in 1983–84, and in June 1997 the GCT Deltaport container terminal opened as a second tenant. A third berth was added in January 2010, doubling Deltaport's capacity.
From Highway 17 and nearby roads, visitors can watch large cargo ships moving in and out of the terminals at the edge of the Strait of Georgia. The ships mainly carry coal and containers, giving a sense of how goods flow between Canada and Pacific markets.
The port is not open to visitors, but it can be seen clearly from Highway 17 and a few side roads in Delta. Clear days offer the best views of the ships docked at the terminals.
All the land the port sits on was taken from the sea and did not exist before construction began. What now looks like solid ground near the mouth of the Fraser River was once open water.
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