Stewart Port to see 13 million dollar investment

The Stewart World Port is looking towards improving on its infrastructure after the Federal government announced a 13.1 million dollar investment into the project that will increase capacity as part of the ongoing evolution of the facility northeast of Prince Rupert

The Port of Stewart is what is known as a break bulk facility, located at Portland Canal and currently is utilized by the mining, forestry and gas industries.

The Stewart World Port at the north end of Portland Canal
is set to add to its infrastructure following a 13 million dollar investment
from the Federal Government

In their information release of last week, the federal government noted the key elements that the additional funding will help to move forward.

The project will increase capacity and improve the fluidity of emerging export commodities such as bulk wood, mineral and agricultural products from Northern British Columbia, Yukon, Alberta and Saskatchewan. The project consists of installing bulk loading conveyor systems and power and control facilities at the Stewart World Port.

 This work will improve the region's transportation system for moving bulk commodities, enabling shippers to save time and costs by moving goods directly from Northern British Columbia, Yukon, Alberta and Saskatchewan to overseas markets via the port instead of trucking or shipping by rail to other western marine port locations. This will also allow for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

It's estimated that the federal investment into the port work will create up to 275 jobs during its construction phase.

Below are some photos of port facilities at Stewart, you can find more from the Stewart World Port website page, which hosts a range of material on the port operations.

The full background on the Federal government's investment can be reviewed here.

And while they haven't added much material to the file to day, you can look back at some of past notes on the Stewart Port plans here.