{"id":904250,"date":"2026-09-21T15:50:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/904250\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T15:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:50:14","slug":"grain-oil-exports-fuel-record-cargo-volumes-at-port-of-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/904250\/","title":{"rendered":"Grain, oil exports fuel record cargo volumes at Port of Vancouver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says surging grain and oil exports drove a record amount of cargo through its gates in the first half of the year as part of a push away from U.S. markets.<\/p>\n<p>The federal agency says freight volumes at the Port of Vancouver rose three per cent year-over-year for the six months ended June 30.<\/p>\n<p>Bulk grain exports jumped 14 per cent to a record 17.4 million tonnes, while crude oil exports rose three per cent to a record 12 million tonnes.<\/p>\n<p>A big chunk of the commodities shipments were bound for the Indo-Pacific, as East Asia soaked up Alberta crude while China, Europe and Mexico imported canola seed.<\/p>\n<p>Faced with a more protectionist United States, port authority CEO Peter Xotta says he wants to help Canada double its exports to non-U.S. markets within a decade, with America already accounting for only a fifth of crude exports through Vancouver terminals versus one-third the year before.<\/p>\n<p>Auto volumes through the port also rose 10 per cent year-over-year in the first half of 2026, as carmakers sought alternatives to the U.S. market.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 21, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Vancouver as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=vancouver.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790005814_349_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says surging grain and oil exports drove a record amount of cargo through&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":904251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[45,49,48,46,2882,55],"class_list":["post-904250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-economy","tag-transport","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904250","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=904250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/904251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}