{"id":806131,"date":"2026-07-16T17:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/806131\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T17:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:50:11","slug":"cp-newsalert-port-of-vancouver-upgrade-is-referred-to-major-projects-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/806131\/","title":{"rendered":"CP NewsAlert: Port of Vancouver upgrade is referred to Major Projects Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"posted\">By Canadian Press on July 16, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a34f01ce0f191c2ced4697efdf6fd408c326eb3e453a267f8620f5c3d0abdf4b-300x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>Piles of coal at the Westshore coal export terminal at Roberts Bank and gantry cranes used to load and unload containers onto and from cargo ships are seen at Deltaport, in Tsawwassen, B.C., on Monday, September 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Darryl DyckTSAWWASSEN \u2014 Plans to upgrade the Port of Vancouver have been referred to Canada\u2019s Major Projects Office for possible fast-tracking.<br \/>\nFederal Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon has announced the referral, calling the upgrades a \u201ctransformational strategy\u201d that aims to diversify and grow trade capacity, and reach more global markets such as the Indo-Pacific region.<br \/>\nMore coming.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>7<br \/> -6\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Canadian Press on July 16, 2026. Piles of coal at the Westshore coal export terminal at Roberts&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":759361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-806131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/759361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}