Project Overview

The Deltaport Third Berth Project (DP3) was a Port Metro Vancouver and TSI Terminal Systems Inc. initiative to expand existing container operations at the Deltaport container terminal at Roberts Bank. DP3 has increased the capacity of Deltaport by up to 600,000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) by adding a third berth and 20 hectares of container storage to the existing two-berth container terminal.

Deltaport Third Berth

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The Deltaport Third Berth Project is officially open for business after three years of construction. The construction of the Deltaport Third Berth Project consisted of:

• Marine Works Construction

• Terminal Works Construction

• Rail Works

• Highway 17 Improvements

• Habitat Compensation (work on this component is still underway)

Open for Business

MARCH 2007

SEPTEMBER 2008

DECEMBER 2008

JANUARY 2010

SEPTEMBER 2007

MAY 2007

Marine Construction

Step 1: Creating the Dikes

The first phase of the DP3 construction was to create containment dikes. An east/west containment dike was constructed along the north boundary of the DP3 terminal footprint using rock material.

Another north/south rock dike was then built to form the east boundary of the containment area, into which fill material was pumped by a dredge.

Later, after the relocation of the tug basin, a second north/south dike was created to expand the containment area prior to the placement of the caisson berth structures.

Rock material for the dikes was barged to the site from Texada Island to avoid the use of trucks on local roads.

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Marine Construction

Step 2: Dredging and Fill

The Deltaport Third Berth Project required dredging to relocate the tug basin, to extend the ship approach channel so ships can safely reach the new berth, and to create the trench for the caisson (berth) structures’ rock mattress foundation.

About one-third of the dredged material was used as fill material in the containment area to help create the expanded terminal area. Additional clean material was dredged from the Fraser River and used as fill material.

The project required approximately 1.5 million cubic meters of fill to create the land mass for the expanded terminal. Rock and sand was brought to the site by water instead of by road. This has eliminated approximately 650,000 one-way truck trips from local roads.

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Step 3: Caisson Berth Structure

The concrete berth structures used to create the dock structure for the third berth are called “caissons.” Ten caissons were required for the Deltaport Third Berth Project, each approximately 16m wide x 42m long x 21m high. The caissons were built in a North Vancouver dry dock and towed to the site where they were temporarily stored until it was time to place them.

A rock mattress was built as the foundation for the caissons to sit on. Once the caissons were placed on the rock mattress, they were filled with rock for stability and covered with a concrete slab, sand and a pavement structure.

Three of the ten caissons have fish refugia built into the structures to provide additional marine habitat. These refugia consist of one-meter diameter underwater holes in the front walls of the caissons that allow marine life to enter and exit. The habitat provides a variety of species a place to hide or “refuge” from predator species.

Marine Construction

Terminal Construction

Step 4: Site Infrastructure

After the marine construction was complete, site infrastructure for the project could be undertaken. Site infrastructure included the installation of underground utilities, paving of the site surface, terminal lighting and creation of the rubber tire gantry crane (RTG) runways.

The expanded terminal has shore power infrastructure that will allow for future installation of ship-to-shore power with minimal disruption to terminal operations. Three new quad dockside gantry cranes service container vessels and a new fleet of RTG’s, including new diesel-electric hybrid RTG’s.

Other Construction Components

In addition to marine works and terminal construction, several other project components were undertaken as part of the Deltaport Third Berth Project:

• Habitat compensation: the creation of 21 hectares of on-site and 7.5 hectares of off-site habitat. • Rail upgrades: creation of two additional rail sidings within BC Rail Company’s existing rail right-of-way. • Highway 17 improvements: improvements to Highway 17 to mitigate for the additional truck trips that are anticipated as a result of the project. Highway 17 improvements are now complete.

Road Traffic

As part of the the Deltaport Third Berth Project, Port Metro Vancouver worked with the Ministry of Transportation and the Corporation of Delta to implement improvements to Highway 17 that mitigate for the additional truck trips generated by the project to reduce impacts on local residents. Improvements to Highway 17 were undertaken in the summer of 2008 and are now complete.

The Highway 17 improvements included:

• Improvements to the Highway 17 northbound off-ramp that leads onto Highway 99 southbound • Extension of northbound HOV lane on Highway 17 south of Ladner Trunk Road • Signal modifications at the intersection of Highway 17 and Ladner Trunk, and road capacity improvements to the left turning lanes from Ladner Trunk Road eastbound onto Highway 17 northbound Port Metro Vancouver supports longer-term solutions to traffic congestion in Delta, including the Gateway Program’s South Fraser Perimeter Road, to address increased commuter and port-related traffic in the region.

Fill and rock for the marine construction component of DP3 was being imported by barge — eliminating 650,000 one-way truck trips on local roads.

Road and Rail

Rail improvements for the Deltaport Third Berth Project require 23,000 feet of additional track to be constructed by BC Rail Company within their existing property on the Roberts Bank causeway and within their existing right-of-way.

Roberts Bank Rail Corridor

The Roberts Bank Rail Corridor (RBRC) is an important 70-kilometre stretch of rail connecting Canada’s largest container facility and a major coal terminal at Roberts Bank with the North American rail network. It carries increasing volumes of international freight through the communities of Delta, Surrey, Langley City and Langley Township.

The Roberts Bank Rail Corridor (RBRC) Program consists of nine proposed grade separation projects, including associated works at nearby crossings such as road closures, provision of detour roads and advanced warning systems.

A comprehensive corridor study, Roberts Bank Rail Corridor Road/Rail Interface Study, was completed in February 2007 to prioritize the most beneficial locations for investment in road-rail grade separations. Careful consideration was also given to selected road closures, network reconfigurations, and traffic management measures designed to maximize benefits to motorists, railways and neighbouring communities. The study was a collaborative effort among Transport Canada, British Columbia Ministry of Transportation, Translink, Greater Vancouver Gateway Council, affected municipalities, railways and Port Metro Vancouver.

In Delta, grade separations have been identified at:

• 41B Street – Delivered by Ministry of Transportation • 80 Street – Delivered by Corporation of Delta

South Fraser Perimeter Road

As part of the South Fraser Perimeter Road, the Provincial Gateway Program has identified two additional grade separation projects over the rail corridor at 64th Street and 36th Avenue.

Trucking Initiatives Truck Licensing System Standards for Container Trucks A Port Metro Vancouver Truck License is mandatory for any container truck accessing port property. Through the Truck Licensing System, Port Metro Vancouver is committed to developing a safer, cleaner and more sustainable container truck fleet to service the Port’s container facilities.

Delta Container Truck Traffic Working GroupThe Deltaport container terminal is the largest of four container terminals at Port Metro Vancouver. Deltaport is a significant economic generator for the region; however, the container truck traffic generated by import and export container goods has an impact on the local community roads. As a result, Port Metro Vancouver and TSI Terminal Systems Inc., the operator of Deltaport, formed the Delta Container Truck Traffic Working Group (DCTT).

The mandate of the DCTT is to work collaboratively to address port-related container truck issues in the community of Delta. Members include:

• Port Metro Vancouver• TSI Terminals Systems Inc.• BC Ministry of Transportation• Corporation of Delta• Delta Police• ICBC• Deltaport Third Berth Project Community Liaison Committee — Truck Traffic Subcommittee

Environmental Commitments

Port Metro Vancouver remains committed to developing a sustainable project and is investing approximately $25 million to implement more than 150 commitments to protect the environment, including a construction Environmental Management Plan, a comprehensive Fish and Wildlife Habitat Compensation Plan, a Marine Mammal Monitoring Program and an Adaptive Management Strategy for the intercauseway area.

Port Metro Vancouver provides reports on the status of compliance with the Owner’s Commitments and Assurances Table available on the project website.

Regulatory Approvals

The Deltaport Third Berth Project was issued a provincial Environmental Assessment Certificate – under the Environmental Assessment Act – on September 29th, 2006.

The Federal Minister of Environment issued a decision statement on November 3, 2006.

Construction Environmental Management Plans

Contractors and sub-contractors hired by Port Metro Vancouver for the Deltaport Third Berth Project construction have been required to provide detailed environmental management plans and must confirm that they were able to comply with environmental requirements and conditions.

Construction Environmental Management Plan included the following components:

• Air Quality Mitigation Plan • Construction/Dredging Timing Plan • Marine Environment Management Plan • Marine Water Quality Plan • Waste Management Plan • Hazardous Waste Management and Spill Control Plan • Health and Safety / Emergency Response Plan • Noise Management Plan • Traffic Management Plan • Visual and Light Management Plan Activities for the marine construction took into consideration sensitive periods for fish and wildlife at Roberts Bank, and included appropriate mitigation.

Independent consultants were retained by Port Metro Vancouver to provide construction environmental monitoring services during construction.

Habitat Compensation

Port Metro Vancouver is investing $25 million on environmental mitigation and enhancement to protect local marine, mammals and wildlife.

The Habitat Compensation Plan for the Deltaport Third Berth Project provides approximately 20 hectares of on-site compensation projects and 7.5 hectares of off-site compensation.

East causeway enhancements include the excavation of the east causeway shoreline to create aquatic habitat for fish and coastal seabirds.Status: Work on the east causeway compensation commenced in September 2009 and expected to be complete by late 2010.

Log removal and salt marsh restoration to increase productive capacity for fish and fish habitat. Status: Project is complete.

Caisson habitat openings within the dock structure will provide increased surface area and refuge for marine organisms such as juvenile salmon. Status: Project is complete.

Sub tidal rock reef for increased fish and coastal seabird habitat. Status: Project is complete.

7.5 hectares of off-site compensation has been created in partnership with Ducks Unlimited and the Pacific Salmon Foundation. Status: Project is complete.

Public Access Changed to Protect Wildlife.During construction and upon completion of the project, parking will no longer be available along the east causeway area. Public access will be permanently closed as the area is transformed into sensitive wildlife habitat.

Deltaport East Causeway Habitat Compensation Project As part of the Deltaport Third Berth Project (DP3) at the Deltaport container terminal at Roberts Bank, Port Metro Vancouver is creating new fish and wildlife habitat along the east causeway portion of Deltaport Way. Roberts Bank is recognized as an important ecological area. Through this project, Port Metro Vancouver will help to increase the biodiversity and environmental sustainability of this area.

The East Causeway Habitat Compensation Project will transform the land beside the Deltaport causeway into diverse marine and wildlife habitat through the creation of barrier islands, rip rap slopes, salt marsh, upland vegetation areas, and gravel and cobble beaches.

Construction on the East Causeway Habitat Compensation Project commenced in September 2009 and is expected to be complete by late 2010.

Adaptive Management Strategy

An Adaptive Management Strategy (AMS) has been developed through consultation between Port Metro Vancouver, Environment Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, the Geological Survey of Canada and consultants with expertise in the areas of interest. The AMS is a science-based approach to monitoring and managing the Roberts Bank Ecosystem.

The key areas considered by the AMS include the following:

• Geomorphology/Oceanography

• Surface water quality • Sediment quality • Eel grass • Other biota including benthic communities* and bird populations * Benthic organisms live in, on, or near the bottom of the aquatic environment. There are two types: Epifauna, which live on the surface of the bottom and Infauna, which burrow into the sediment at the bottom.

The goal of the AMS is to provide early detection of potential changes in the inter-causeway ecosystem so that significant negative environmental trends attributable to the Deltaport Third Berth Project can be prevented or mitigated. The AMS details the commitments that Port Metro Vancouver would undertake to evaluate, prevent or mitigate those trends.

Scientific Advisory Committee

A Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) was established to provide scientific and technical advice and recommendations to the Adaptive Management Strategy.

SAC is a three-member committee consisting of one scientist appointed by the Port, one scientist appointed by Environment Canada and one scientist selected jointly by the Port and Environment Canada.

If SAC determines that a negative ecosystem trend is significant and attributable to the project, the Port has committed to initiate engineering studies and subsequent physical works to mitigate and reverse the trend.

Air Emissions – Construction and Operations

Port Metro Vancouver and terminal operator TSI Terminal Systems Inc. (TSI) are committed to limiting emissions associated with the Deltaport Third Berth Project construction, as well as general port operations. Air emission actions and commitments include:

• Construction-related exhaust and dust emissions were reduced through: use of ultra-low sulphur fuel, optimal maintenance and operation of equipment and, adherence to speed limits, road watering and covering of fine materials.

• Port Metro Vancouver has funded an ambient air quality monitoring station in Delta, which is being managed by Metro Vancouver.

• On April 1, 2008, Port Metro Vancouver implemented increasingly stringent environmental requirements for container trucks including a new mandatory idle reduction provision on port property, opacity requirements, phasing out of older, dirtier trucks and an awareness program.

• TSI uses ultra low sulphur on-road fuel in off-road cargo handling equipment. In addition, TSI also implemented the use of biofuels in terminal equipment in 2006 to further reduce emissions.

• TSI has designed a diesel electric hybrid rubber tire gantry crane (RTG). Testing has shown fuel savings of up to 60 to 80 per cent. As a result, TSI intends to continue exploring opportunities for fuel-saving technologies at both their Vanterm and Deltaport container facilities.

TSI’s diesel-electric rubber tire gantry cranes have reduced fuel consumption by 60 to 80 per cent.

Initiatives

Port Metro Vancouver has undertaken a number of initiatives to reduce air emissions from port operations, including emissions from ocean-going vessels:

• On April 1, 2007, Port Metro Vancouver launched the Differentiated Harbour Dues Program that provides incentives and recognition for vessels using cleaner, lower sulphur fuels and/or emission reduction technologies when calling at Port Metro Vancouver.

• The Deltaport Third Berth Project includes shore power infrastructure provisions that will allow for future installation of ship-to-shore power with minimum disruption to terminal operation.

• Through the Truck Licensing System (TLS), Port Metro Vancouver is committed to developing safer, cleaner, more sustainable container truck fleets to service Port Metro Vancouver container trucking facilities.

• Port Metro Vancouver, in partnership with the Port of Seattle and Port of Tacoma, and with support from Environment Canada, BC Ministry of Environment, the U.S. EPA, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency and Washington State Department of Ecology, developed the Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy. The strategy includes emission reduction performance goals for port-related sources, and represents a cooperative effort amongst the three ports to improve air quality in the shared Georgia Basin-Puget Sound Airshed.

• Port Metro Vancouver is actively participating in the BC Marine Vessel Air Quality Work Group, whose other members include Environment Canada, Transport Canada, Ministry of Environment, Metro Vancouver, BC Ferries and the BC Chamber of Shipping among others. The group is developing emission inventories and cooperates by exchanging information and analyzing options for reducing emissions.

• Port Metro Vancouver is actively participating in the BC Locomotive and Rail Air Quality Work Group, whose other members include Environment Canada, Transport Canada, Metro Vancouver and railways among others. The inaugural meeting for this group was held in July 2008 and terms of reference are being developed.

Port Metro Vancouver supports and works with tenants and other industry as well as government to develop emissions reduction programs in terminal, truck, marine and rail applications. More information on the air quality programs currently underway can be found on Port Metro Vancouver’s website.

Deltaport Third Berth Community Liaison Committee

The Deltaport Third Berth Project Community Liaison Committee (DCLC) consists of up to 18 individuals representing residents, community associations and businesses in Delta, as well as port stakeholder groups. The purpose of DCLC is to work with Port Metro Vancouver during construction and the first year of operation of the third berth at Deltaport to identify community concerns, develop potential solutions to address those concerns and assist in communicating information among the community, Port Metro Vancouver and other port stakeholders.

Membership

The DCLC is comprised of:

Leslie Abramson, Ladner Resident

Allan Baydala, Port Metro Vancouver

Steve Bayley, Sunbury Neighbourhood Association

Farida Bishay, Tsawwassen Resident

Robert Butler, Delta Farmers’ Institute

Teresa Cooper, Ladner Resident

Simon Daniels, Terminal Systems Inc.

Roger Emsley, Tsawwassen Resident

Bernita Iversen, Corporation of Delta

For more information about DCLC, including its terms of reference and meeting notes, please visit DCLC’s website atwww.delta3berthinfo.org

How to contact DCLC:

Website: www.delta3berthinfo.org

Mail: PO Box 166, Delta, BC V4K 3N6

Email: liaison.committee@portmetrovancouver.com

Andrea Jacobs, Tsawwassen First Nation

Doug Laloge, Ladner Resident

Linda McKay, Tsawwassen Resident

Clint Morgan, Delta Chamber of Commerce

Carl Nygren, Tsawwassen Resident

Michael Owen, Ladner Resident

Victor Rivers, Tsawwassen Resident

M. Lloyd Sim, Ladner Resident

In the Community

Port Metro Vancouver is actively involved with port communities through extensive community relations, sponsorship and engagement initiatives. We manage a dynamic, broad-based Community Investment Program addressing: education, community enrichment and environmental stewardship.

Port Metro Vancouver supports a Partners in Education Scholarship Program, employee and fundraising initiatives, the Pacific Salmon Foundation, the Vancouver Children’s Festival and provides other community sponsorships and donations. Our community relations team attends approximately 75 community events annually.

Port Metro Vancouver offers presentations both internally at the Port’s Discovery Centre located at the north end of Canada Place, and externally in the community. Port Metro Vancouver hosts a Leadership Program that partners with secondary schools to foster education and leadership training.

Port Metro Vancouver seeks to proactively engage with communities to identify port related synergies and concerns regarding port operations, and to work together on plans for sustainable development.

In Delta, Port Metro Vancouver supports many community organizations and events including:

• Delta Hospice

• Delta Hospital Foundation

• Delta Museum and Archives

• Burns Bog Conservation Society

• Tour de Delta

• Ladner Pioneer May Days

• Tsawwassen Sun Festival

• Delta Gymnastics

Deltaport Third Berth Project Amenities Fund

Port Metro Vancouver contributed $2 million to the Corporation of Delta as part of the Deltaport Third Berth Project Amenities Fund. This fund was used by Delta for the acquisition of the Seven Seas Fishing Company site in Ladner to help secure public waterfront land to revitalize Ladner Harbour.

The Seven Seas Fishing Company site is located in the 4800 block of Chisholm Street in Ladner. The Corporation of Delta now owns the entire Seven Seas property including the Brackman-Ker warehouse at 4849 Chisholm Street. With these properties, public access to this section of the waterfront is assured. The Corporation of Delta is working with community stakeholders to complete a Downtown Ladner Waterfront Redevelopment (DLWR) study. The goal of the DLWR is to refine a vision and initiate the redevelopment of the Ladner Waterfront to a revitalized, people-oriented environment, celebrating the historical roots of the community. Once the vision is determined, the next step will be to develop implementation strategies. This process is expected to be complete in fall 2010.

Since 1997, the Port has contributed almost $9 million dollars to the community of Delta, which has been used to fund a number of major projects including parks, arts and seniors centres, community and environmental projects and Highway 17 improvements.

Seven Seas Fish Company redevelopment option. Rendering courtesy of Corporation of Delta.

How to Contact Us

Website:

www.portmetrovancouver.com

Project Information Line:

604-665-9337

Email:

Container_expansion@portmetrovancouver.com

Mailing Address:

Port Metro Vancouver

100 The Pointe – 999 Canada Place

Vancouver, BC V6C 3T4