Cargo

Victoria's Cargo Shipping Advantages:

• Strategic location adjacent to the major shipping trade routes -
  Vancouver, B.C.; Puget Sound, Washington
• Modern Marine Terminal
• A productive and flexible stevedoring and long shore labour force
• Provisions and ships stores
• Customs and Immigration
• Convenient location for ship repairs

Terminal Services

The GVHA is fully committed to ensuring that your cargo and cruise handling needs exceed your growing expectations. Ogden Point Terminal has four deep water berths capable of handling vessels up to 305 meters in length with a draft of up to 11.3 meters. The 34.6 ha terminal is ideally suited to handle a wide variety of bulk, break-bulk, general and project cargoes. The terminal's strategic location provides an ideal platform for ship owners with off-shore supply vessels, research vessels or large tugs and barge requirements.  If your firm has specific cargo needs, the GVHA is ready to assist in finding the most economical transportation method. The GVHA's agents Westcan Terminals and Westcan Stevedoring Ltd offer professionally trained and dedicated stevedoring staff.  

Services available without the need to deviate from major shipping lanes include: 

• Bonded warehousing
• Environmental services
• Canada Coast Guard
• Customs & Immigration
• Fresh potable water
• Medical facilities
• Pacific Pilotage Authority
• Tugs
• Waste disposal

The greater Victoria region is served by an excellent transportation network and numerous serve providers. The modern air, marine, rail, and road network means that passengers, automobiles, trucks, and trailers  have effective travel options to Vancouver to the east, Seattle to the south and Prince Rupert and Alaska to the north. Transportation service providers include helicopter and seaplane services, buses, ferries, road freight carriers, and passenger train services.  Victoria International Airport is located 30 km north of Victoria's downtown area,