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The Port of Vancouver USA is the furthest-inland deep-water port along the Columbia River, located in Vancouver, Washington and founded in 1912. [3] [4] [5] The port contains five terminals along with two of the largest mobile harbor cranes in North America. [6] The port is a government agency governed by three locally elected commissioners.
Longshoremen in San Francisco, then the major port on the coast, were required to go through a hiring hall operated by a company union, known as the "blue book" system for the color of the union's membership book. The Industrial Workers of the World had attempted to organize longshoremen, sailors and fishermen in the 1920s.
In 1994, ten "full patch" Hells Angels worked at the port of Vancouver along with at least 30 people with Hells Angels associations. [27] John Bryce, the president of the East End chapter, was a full time employee of the Port of Vancouver as was Robert Robinson and Al Debruyn of the White Rock chapter. [27]
It is operated by GCT Canada, a Vancouver-based company which also operates Deltaport another container terminal at the Port of Vancouver. Vanterm has a 619-metre (2,030 ft) berth with a depth of 15.5 metres, six ship-to-shore cranes, and is directly served by both Canadian Class 1 Railways , CN and CPKC .
(Merged with Port Metro Vancouver) CA rank: 10 Roberts Bank Superport: North America: Canada, British Columbia: Strait of Georgia (Merged with Port Metro Vancouver) Victoria: North America: Canada, British Columbia: Strait of Juan de Fuca: Port Hueneme
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