Conversations That Matter - Ep 67 - Peter Xotta - Port Metro Vancouver

Episode 67

Peter Xotta

Where and what is Port Metro Vancouver

This week’s Conversations That Matter features Peter Xotta of Port Metro Vancouver a Federal entity that touches 16 municipalities in the lower mainland. He goes on to say most ports in Canada have a one municipality to one port relationship. Xotta says when he talks to shippers from around the world about Vancouver’s port, they tell him, “We have the most complex port environment”.

It’s a port that generates $500 million of activity every day and supports 100,000 jobs across Canada. Xotta says “so these aren't the mining jobs, these are the transportation jobs in various parts across the country and of course, a lot of that activity is here in the lower mainland. About 10 billion dollars worth of GDP contributed through that transportation activity.”

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