Vancouver port set for first scrap metal export
Canada's Port of Vancouver is getting ready for its first shipment of
scrap metal via breakbulk vessel destined for
Korea. The shipment of 24'000 metric tons of ferrous
scrap steel is to be loaded onto the bulk carrier and leave for
Korea early next week.
This is a new export commodity for port tenant Pacific Coast Shredding LLC, which expects ths shipment of ferrous
scrap to be the first of many more shipments to Asia. The ferrous
scrap shipment will be transported by International Maritime Carriers Ltd. (IMC). The company has previously shipped both ferrous and non-ferrous
scrap in containers, however this is the first shipment by IMC to use breakbulk vessels to transport the material.