Pacific Coast Terminals (PCT) and MEGlobal Canada ULC are excited to announce the completion of our $20.4 Million expansion project. We have added 10 advanced unloading racks to facilitate Monoethylene Glycol (MEG) offloading and export to global markets. Glycol is a vital commodity with applications for clothing, eco-friendly beverage bottles, and antifreeze for your car. The addition of two modern unloading tracks has significantly elevated our glycol capacity from 800,000 metric tonnes to 1.25 Million metric tonnes annually, and increases the efficiency of our railcar traffic. In addition to this operational enhancement, the project has generated four new full-time positions at PCT, aligning with our commitment to both efficiency and employment growth. This achievement reflects our dedication to advancing infrastructure and fostering economic development.

After more than two years of planning, engineering, design, permitting and procurement, we have finally broken ground for the construction phase of our Glycol Unloading Expansion Project! This project will increase our terminal capacity from 800,000 metric tonnes (MT) of mono-ethylene glycol to 1,250,000MT annually.

The first work being performed is replacement and refurbishment of a previously-decommissioned storm water collection system. Performing this work first is important, as upgrading the storm water infrastructure in the area will enable greater environmental performance during construction, by ensuring that any project run-off in the area is collected and retained on-site for appropriate disposal, or for treatment in our water treatment system.

Once this initial work is complete, additional contractors will mobilize to site and begin the major construction activities to install additional unloading capacity. Expected completion of the project is September 2023.

June 24, 2022
PACIFIC COAST TERMINALS CO. LTD.

MAINTENANCE SHUTDOWN WORK

July 8-21, 2022

Pacific Coast Terminals Co. Ltd. (PCT) wishes to advise our neighbours that we will performing a maintenance shutdown from July 8 to July 21, 2022.
The terminal’s sulphur rail car unloading, stockpiling, and Berth 2 vessel loading operations will be shutdown. Potash rail unloading will be down for 5 days approximately July 11 to 15. Berth 1 liquids vessel loading and liquid railcar unloading will remain active. There will be a number of projects being completed with the majority of work being concentrated on the Sulphur Stakrake, Conveyors, Rail Yard and Quadrant Ship Loader. The work will require the use of welders, hand tools, lifting equipment, and high pressure water washers. We understand the inconvenience to residents as this may result in having noise and light emitted from our terminal, and we will work to ensure that community disturbance is minimized wherever possible and we apologize in advance.

The contractor work will be performed during regular work hours, 7 days per week.

PCT will do everything possible to perform the work as quickly as we can. We wish to apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause our neighbours. If you have any questions or concerns please contact us by email at info@pct.ca, or by phone at 604-939-7371. After business hours please call 604-931-9211.

Maintenance Shutdown Notice July 2022

PCT would like inform residents that we are performing a maintenance and cleaning of our waste water processing systems and storage tanks.  When doing so, it is possible that there could be some odour emissions from the process that may leave our site.  PCT will be monitoring for potential sources of odour and we will be taking steps to capture and minimize emissions.

 

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us by email at info@pct.ca or by phone at 604-939-7371.  After business hours please call 604-931-9211.

Sunday, July 18, 2021

Pacific Coast Terminals would like to advise our neighbours and community that there was a fire on our site this evening shortly after 5pm. The fire occurred near the ship loader on one of our conveyors.

Port Moody Fire Rescue responded quickly and no one was hurt in the incident. The fire has since been put out and the cause is currently being determined.

We will keep the community informed as required.

We sincerely apologize for any disturbance this caused and we are extremely thankful for the quick actions of the staff onsite and Port Moody Fire Rescue.

July 8th, 2021

PACIFIC COAST TERMINALS CO. LTD.

MAINTENANCE SHUTDOWN WORK – NEW DATES

July 12th – 30th, 2021

Pacific Coast Terminals Co. Ltd. (PCT) wishes to advise our neighbours that we will performing a maintenance shutdown. Due to issues with forest fires and resulting impacts on rail traffic we are amending our previously published shut down dates of July 10th – July 24th to July 12th – 30th, 2021.

The terminal’s sulphur rail car unloading, stockpiling, and Berth 2 vessel loading operations will be shutdown. Berth 1 liquids will remain active, as well as potash unloading. There will be a number of projects being completed with the majority of work being concentrated on the Sulphur Stakrake, Conveyors and Quadrant Ship Loader. The work will require the use of welders, hand tools, lifting equipment, and high pressure water washers. We understand the inconvenience to residents as this may result in having noise and light emitted from our terminal, and we will work to ensure that community disturbance is minimized wherever possible and we apologize in advance.

The contractor work will be performed during regular work hours, 7 days per week, and there will be no night shifts for this shutdown.

PCT will do everything possible to perform the work as quickly as we can.  We wish to apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause our neighbours.  If you have any questions or concerns please contact us by email at info@pct.ca, or by phone at 604-939-7371. After business hours please call 604-931-9211.

Pacific Coast Terminals Co. Ltd. (PCT) wishes to advise our community and neighbours that the tank cleaning and maintenance that we started in October on our water storage tanks is now complete.  Scrubbers were used for the duration of cleaning to ensure potential odour emissions were minimized, and all of the solids have since been removed from site and disposed of at a permitted environmental facility.  Odour monitoring also showed that there was little to no odour emitted during the course of the cleaning and maintenance activities.

Both tanks are now back in service, and we are confident that the issues from this past summer have now been fully remedied. We will continue with enhanced monitoring and systems upgrading to ensure that these odours do not return, and that there will be no impact to the public going forward

If you have any questions or concerns please contact us by email at info@pct.ca, or by phone at 604-939-7371. After business hours please call 604-931-9211.

Pacific Coast Terminals Co. Ltd. (PCT) wishes to advise our community and neighbours that we will performing a cleaning of our water storage tanks on site as part of the ongoing maintenance of our waste water system. This is part of our continued response and remediation of the odours that were found to be emitting from our site back in August.

Cleaning will commence the week of October 19th, and will continue for approximately 3 weeks. Work will involve opening the water storage tanks and pumping out the solids. A scrubber system will be on-site to remove the odours as we work through the process. We are using consultants and local experts in tank cleaning, and the work will only be done during regular workday hours. We have also been waiting for cooler weather in order to minimize any potential odours that could be present during the process.

PCT will do everything possible to perform the work as quickly as we can, with a conscious effort to minimize any disruption to the community. We wish to apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause our neighbours. If you have any questions or concerns please contact us by email at info@pct.ca, or by phone at 604-939-7371. After business hours please call 604-931-9211.

Friday, August 21, 2020

Progress Made on Odour Issues

Over the past few days, PCT has been working to further investigate and remediate the identified odour sources at our facility.

Working in conjunction with Metro Vancouver, we initially identified and addressed elevated odour levels at a wastewater pond on site. When odours persisted, we expanded our investigation and identified additional emissions from vents located on top of two wastewater storage tanks.

Due to hot weather and a lack of rainfall, anaerobic bacterial growth developed in the two storage tanks and has been producing a limited volume of reduced sulphur compounds that are responsible for the odour. We have been and will continue to monitor these emissions, which do not pose any health risks at the low concentrations identified in the community.

In response, we have been working with external specialists and taken several steps to address the situation, including treating the water in both tanks to reduce anaerobic bacterial growth and installing a scrubber system with carbon filters to catch and neutralize odours emitted from the tanks. While this countermeasure is in place, it is preventing further odours being released from the tanks.

We are continuing to remediate the water and sediments in the tanks. With the further assistance of external specialists, the water will be treated and tested before being discharged in accordance with our Metro Vancouver permit requirements to the sanitary sewer system. We can confirm that no water has been released or is planning to be released into the local environment. Any remaining solid sediments will be removed and properly disposed of by an independent environmental remediation firm.

PCT will also be conducting a comprehensive review of our current water treatment and monitoring processes to ensure appropriate measures are in place to prevent this issue from reoccurring.

We sincerely regret the impact these odour issues have had on the community and appreciate the public’s patience as we have worked diligently to fully resolve the situation.

Sunday, August 16, 2020

Update Regarding Community Odour Issues

After conducting investigations throughout the week, Pacific Coast Terminals has confirmed that components of our facility’s water treatment system are the likely sources of recent community odour issues.

Assessments over the past week have resulted in identifying a higher-than-normal level of odour from water treatment systems at our site and as a result, our team has been working closely with Metro Vancouver and third-party experts to investigate and pinpoint the issues.

We take this situation extremely seriously and are working around the clock to remediate the elevated odour levels.

In addition, we have engaged third-party specialists to assist and expedite the remediation process and can confirm that the odour is organic in nature and poses no health risk to the public.

As we work to resolve this issue, there may be brief surges of odour emitted at certain points in the remediation process.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience and regret our contribution to the odour issues we’ve all been experiencing this week. As a member of the community, we’re committed to resolving this issue as quickly as possible and will provide updates once we have more information to share.

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