Positive numbers from Fairview and Ridley Terminals

Shipments from both the city's container port and coal terminal are up as the Prince Rupert Port Authority released details on throughput in 2010.

The container port while suffering a slowdown in December numbers from last year, overall had a 29.5 per cent increase in shipments through Fairview Terminals, while Ridley Terminals double the tonnage handled in the last year, with a 99.5 per cent increase in numbers from 2009.

The Northern View had some background on the numbers from 2010 here,