Industry Profile
The City of Port Moody has been a centre of industry production and business from its founding. Today, our city still embraces and values its local industry.
Local industry
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Burrard Thermal Plant |
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Burrard Generating Station (BGS) located in the North West area of Port Moody was a 900-megawatt conventional natural gas-fired generating station. It was BC Hydro's only conventional steam-electrical thermal plant. During operations, Burrard Generating Station accounted for approximately 9% of BC Hydro's total capacity – enough power for about 700,000 homes.
In November 2013, the Province announced that BC Hydro will stop generating electricity at Burrard Generating Station (BGS) by 2016 due to the addition of two hydro-electric generating units at Mica Dam (north of Revelstoke), completion of the Interior to Lower Mainland (ILM) transmission line and installation of a new transformer at Meridian substation in Coquitlam. Burrard Generating Station was constructed in the 1960s and 70s over which time six 150 MW generating units were put into service. The first unit was commissioned in 1962 and the last unit was completed in 1975. Key facts:
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Flavelle Sawmill Company |
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Flavelle Sawmill Company Ltd. is a private company categorized under forest product sawmill and lumber. In 1905 Emerson Lumber was built by J.S. Emerson on leased waterfront property in Port Moody east of the Canadian Pacific Lumber Company's Port Moody mill. The mill office was located near Rocky Point Park in Port Moody and cut western red cedar lumber and shingles exclusively.
On October 1st, 1912 the mill was purchased by Robert Thurston and Aird Flavelle and renamed the Thurston-Flavelle Mill. Flavelle Sawmill Company Ltd. was established and incorporated in 1931. In 1955 the mill was sold to Canadian Collieries Ltd. but was still called Flavelle Cedar. Weldwood of Canada Ltd. purchased the mill in 1964 and Flavelle Cedar became a division of Weldwood of Canada. In 1966 the production of shingles and shakes was discontinued. The mill changed hands again in 1995 when International Forest Products (Interfor) bought Weldwood of Canada Ltd. and Flavelle Cedar. The mill was modernized in 1995 with a major rebuild. In 1998 Flavelle Cedar closed but was reopened in 2000 when it was purchased by Mill and Timber. Currently (2009) the mill located at 2400 Murray Street has approximately 60 employees as is still known as Flavelle Cedar. Key facts:
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Imperial Oil |
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Imperial Oil is one of Canada's largest corporations and a leading member of the country's petroleum industry. The Imperial Oil plant located at 2225 Ioco Road is categorized as a gas distribution and production oil company. At the turn of the 20th century, employment opportunities in Port Moody increased steadily thanks in part to oil refining. The British Columbia Refining Company Ltd was incorporated in 1908. One year later, the tanker Colonel E. L. Drake brought the first shipment of 25,000 barrels of crude oil from San Francisco to the refinery.
The Imperial Oil Company (Ioco) built in 1914 on the North shore of Burrard Inlet. However, crude oil wasn't processed there until 1915 as the first tanker load of oil was captured by Germans in the Pacific. By 1919, the refinery processed 2,000 barrels of crude a day. After being rebuilt in 1952-53, the facility was able to process 25,000 barrels of crude each day. Most of the 240 men who worked at the plant originally commuted from Port Moody by ferry or walking along the rail spur. Soon a shanty town of employee grew around the site and in 1921 the company began building an adjacent town-site. This town eventually contained 83 houses, two stores, a school, two churches, a community hall, a post office, a bowling green and clubhouse, tennis courts and a sports field. This site served the plant workers, their families and the sailors aboard the tankers docked there. The town had a lively social life with regular dances and social gatherings. The refinery was shut down in 1995 and in 2002 the town-site was established as a Heritage Conservation area. Key facts:
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Pacific Coast Terminals |
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Pacific Coast Terminals is one of the most advanced bulk terminals around the globe. Connected to the primary rail system into Vancouver, their terminal receives sulphur and ethylene glycol from Western Canada and stores the raw product until it is ready to load directly into ships and exported around the globe.
Established in 1929, PCT's early years were in New Westminster, British Columbia, at the current site of the Westminster Quay Public Market. In 1960, PCT expanded to Port Moody and switched to handling sulphur and ethylene glycol. More than forty years later, the company has grown into one of the world's largest sulphur export terminals, and one of the largest bulk liquid terminals in the Port of Vancouver. During this time, Pacific Coast Terminals has also become an integral part of Port Moody. An ongoing supporter of arts, cultural and environmental initiatives in the community, PCT is also one of the largest industrial employers in the City. Key facts:
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Reichold Industries Ltd. |
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The Reichhold Industries Limited – Port Moody facility manufactures four classes of resin product: alkyd/urethane coating resins, polyester resins, latex emulsion resins and alkyd emulsion resins. The plant located at 50 Douglas St. in Port Moody was opened in 1951. Reichhold Industries, Ltd. is an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of Reichhold Industries, Inc.
All production operations are single line, batch processes. Production activities at the site include: Bulk raw material unloading and storage (tanker truck / rail car to storage tanks); Drum/package raw material unloading and storage; Batch chemical manufacturing; Thinning/blending; Filtration; Finished Goods Storage (Bulk and Drum); and, Finished goods loading (storage tanks to tanker truck / rail car). In general, the alkyd/urethane, latex emulsion & alkyd emulsions coating resins go into commercial paints and coatings. Polyesters are unsaturated, and are used in the hard plastics industry, often to produce items such as counter tops and boat hulls. Key facts:
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SunCor Energy – Burrard Products Terminal |
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Suncor is one of Canada's largest integrated energy companies with a strong history in this country dating back to 1917. Today, in western Canada, across the east coast of Canada and internationally, Suncor explores, develops and produces conventional oil and natural gas. The Suncor Energy – Burrard Products Terminal is a private company categorized under storage and distribution of petroleum products.
The Suncor Energy Burrard Products Terminal receives and stores finished transportation fuel products as well as conducts light product finishing operations to make fuels ready for the marketplace. Although it is one facility, there are three distinct areas within the facility referred to as the upper, middle and lower plants. The terminal stores and distributes a number of finished fuel products including: conventional gasoline, oxygenated gasoline, ultra-low sulphur diesel, biodiesel, and jet fuel. The facility is ISO 9001:2008 certified. The facility was originally built in Burnaby as a fuel products terminal in 1920. In 1957, the facility was expanded into a fully integrated refinery. The expansion included installation of refinery operating units in the Port Moody municipality. The facility was converted back to a product distribution terminal in 1993. The terminal currently operates as one integrated facility, but has areas of operation referred to as upper, middle and lower plants. The majority of petroleum products arrive at the facility via pipeline from Edmonton and are intended for domestic use. A considerable amount of finished products are also received by marine imports to meet Western demand for transportation fuels. Product is then distributed into Western markets via truck, rail and barge. In 2010, the Burrard Product Terminal received an Eco-freight grant for helping to reduce Green House Gas emissions through the innovative use of a low-sulphur light railcar mover to transport product in and out of the facility. Key facts:
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