Virtually all coal exported by Canada is exported from just three ports in British Columbia. Most of it went to Asia, but in recent years very little US coal has been actually been exported through BC ports. Several of the ports are planning to expand their coal capacity, yet even with this additional capacity BC’s existing coal ports could not come close to serving the volumes of Powder River Basin coal planned for Washington’s ports.
In the report:
- A close look at BC’s three existing coal ports and proposed expansions.
- A rundown on the railways used to move coal to BC ports.
- A discussion of why significant volumes of US coal cannot readily be exported from BC.
Published: August 3, 2011