Planned for Roberts Bank in Delta, British Columbia, the new marine container terminal is designed to expand container capacity at Canada's largest port by more than 30% through construction of a three-berth facility on approximately 320 acres of reclaimed waterfront land. Roberts Bank is already home to GCT Deltaport and the Westshore Terminals bulk export facility.

The port authority says the project will unlock more than $100 billion in annual trade capacity and contribute more than $3 billion annually to Canada's gross domestic product, with operations beginning in the mid-2030s.

Marine Construction Package

Contract scope covers construction of the project's marine landmass, wharf structure and berth pocket, widened causeway, expanded tug basin and selected environmental mitigation and offsetting work.

Supporting the construction team are designer Arcadis Professional Services Canada, with Stantec Consulting, TYPSA and Tetra Tech Canada serving as subconsultants.

The port authority says it selected a progressive design-build, target-price model to provide greater design flexibility while strengthening collaboration and improving cost and schedule certainty.

TerraMarine will collaborate with the port authority, regulators and First Nations to advance logistics, work planning, schedule, costs, early works and subcontracting opportunities, including for Indigenous-owned businesses. Once that work has sufficiently advanced and following financial close, the port authority intends to award a target-price design-build agreement. 

An annotated project rendering identifies the major components of the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion, including the new container terminal, widened causeway and expanded tug basin that make up the marine infrastructure package awarded to the TerraMarine consortium.

Image courtesy of Vancouver Fraser Port Authority

The selection concludes a year-long procurement that began last July. Financial close, mobilization and early works are targeted for late 2027, followed by land reclamation beginning in 2028.

"As we advance the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project, selecting a highly qualified construction partner is a major step forward," said Peter Xotta, president and CEO of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority.

"[T]he project will combine strong Canadian construction expertise with global experience, use Canadian products, and create tens of thousands of jobs," he added.

Aecon, which holds a 30% interest in the consortium, said the project is expected to enter a design and early works agreement during the third quarter, with execution of the full design-build agreement anticipated in the first quarter of 2028 following completion of the collaborative development phase.

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"We are proud to bring our extensive civil and marine construction capacity to support the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project, expanding our portfolio of port infrastructure expertise, which includes the ongoing Port of Montreal Expansion project in Quebec, and the Kingstown Port Modernization project delivered in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines," said Thomas Clochard, Aecon executive vice president and chief operating officer.

At the port authority's annual meeting in June, Xotta said industry response to the procurement had been strong and the agency remained on schedule to name a preferred contractor this summer.

Beyond the construction procurement, the project has secured federal and provincial environmental approvals and mutual benefits agreements with 27 First Nations. The port authority also has signed a memorandum of understanding with Global Container Terminals to explore a joint operating and development agreement for the future terminal.

Roberts Bank Terminal 2 is one of several major capacity projects underway at the Port of Vancouver, which handled a record 170.4 million metric tonnes of cargo in 2025, including nearly 3.8 million TEUs of container traffic.

The Port of Vancouver connects Canada with more than 170 countries and handles approximately 40% of the nation's overseas merchandise trade by value.