Working in Prince Rupert—the Fairview Terminal
Prince Rupert’s Fairview Terminal conversion requires extending the current dock face out into deep water. A new 400-metre berth will extend 20 metres into the channel to a minimum water depth of 17 metres, sufficient to accommodate the next generation of super post-Panamax ships (those that are too big to go through the original Panama Canal). The new wharf and upgrades to the existing substructure will support the installation of three super post-Panamax container cranes. Construction of the terminal, including substructure upgrades and the wharf extension, is estimated to cost $110 million. The wharf contract represents roughly one-third of the construction budget.


Above (clockwise)
1) Local 115 members of the crew working for Fraser River Pile and Dredge at the Fairview Terminal.
2) Aerial view of the project.
3) Fraser River Pile Driving loading cranes onto a barge headed to Prince Rupert.
4) Brothers Randy Fiddler, Doug Main and Dave Burnett working for B.A. Blacktop at Fairview Terminal.
5) Brother Sebastien Laroche and Local 2404 members and bridgemen piledrivers John Bokenfohr and Jamie Steele with a Manitowoc 4100W Series 2 crane at the site.

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