{"id":500607,"date":"2026-02-26T10:35:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/500607\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T10:35:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:35:19","slug":"second-narrows-rail-bridge-malfunction-traps-13-deep-sea-cargo-vessels-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/500607\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Narrows Rail Bridge malfunction traps 13 deep-sea cargo vessels &#8211; BC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>An aging piece of Metro Vancouver infrastructure has malfunctioned, causing some problems for rail and marine traffic.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/second-narrows-rail-bridge\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Second Narrows Rail Bridge<\/a> stopped working over the weekend, trapping 13 deep-sea cargo vessels.<\/p>\n<p>Normally, the centre span of the bridge is raised several times a day to allow tankers and other commercial ships to pass in and out of the eastern end of Burrard Inlet, accessing the Parkland Terminal, TMX\u2019s Westridge Marine Terminal and the Pacific Coast Terminal in Port Moody.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>Rail service to the North Shore has been largely unaffected.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'From the archive: 1979 collision of freighter into Second Narrows Rail Bridge'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/second_narrows.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:00<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrom the archive: 1979 collision of freighter into Second Narrows Rail Bridge\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11705454\/cuba-us-speedboat-deaths-shooting\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1772102119_83_Cuba-US-flags-Havana-file-e1772053910710.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tCuba says its forces killed 4 on U.S. speedboat after returning fire\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11698821\/cervical-cancer-cases-rising-canada\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cervical-cancer.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tCervical cancer is \u2018fastest-rising\u2019 form in Canada as doctors urge action\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the Port of Vancouver said that CN is repairing the rail bridge, with work expected to be finished on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommercial marine vessels that require a marine bridge lift, such as deep-sea cargo vessels, cannot transit through the Second Narrows until lifting operations resume,\u201d the port said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size An aging piece of Metro Vancouver infrastructure has malfunctioned, 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