The Port of Vancouver ranked second to last in a global ranking of hundreds of container ports, after some cargo ships waited weeks to unload their cargo last year.

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The study uses ship waiting times as an indicator of overall efficiency.

Alex Munro, spokesperson for the Vancouver-Fraser Port Authority, explains that strong consumer demand has led to increased imports at North American west coast ports in 2021 and 2022, causing congestion that has reduced since December.

In 2022, container volumes at the Port of Vancouver were down 4% from the previous year due to lower consumer demand and excess inventory, but last year’s total still was the third highest on record.

Due to the saturation of container parks and the lack of storage space in distribution centers, freighters remained at anchor for around 10 days on average in the first half of 2022 – more than twice as long as the previous year – before docking at the country’s largest port.