Vancouver Port Traffic Dips in 2022, Hinting at Economic Slowdown to Come

Cargo containers are unloaded from the Maersk Stockholm ship with gantry cranes while docked at port, in Vancouver, on April 25, 2023. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Cargo volumes at Canada’s largest port fell by three percent last year as the global economy began to show signs of a slowdown.

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority said Monday that grain and fertilizer exports surged in the second half of 2022, but the gains were not enough to offset a sputtering start to the year caused by a weak 2021 harvest and lingering supply chain problems.