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Trends in Port-logistics Employment in Greater Vancouver, 1991-2006

Peter V Hall Simon Fraser University

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Regional Planning and Agriculture Committee - February 1, 2013

Vancouver ports’ 20 year container growth

0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 4.0% 5.0% 6.0% 7.0% 8.0% 9.0% 10.0%

• 500,000

1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 2,500,000 3,000,000 Vancouver Total TEU Vancouver share Linear (Vancouver share)

Port-logistics employment in Metro Vancouver declined slightly and changed a lot between 1991 and 2006

1991 2006

2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 Rail Water Truck Warehouse FTA

Summary: employment and relative wages in port-logistics sub-sectors, 1991-2006

Employment growth: Canada Vancouver Wages relative to all other sectors: Canada Vancouver Rail Declined Declined Above average Above average Water Declined Declined Above average Rose well above average Truck Grew Flat Below average Below average Warehouse Grew Grew Below average Fell to below average FTA Grew Grew At average Rose to above average

The bottom line

• Lots of port activity growth…

≠ Lots of employment growth = Lots of change in employment mix and locations

• Overall employment in the sector declined slightly between

1991 and 2006:

• Relative decline in Water, Rail [and Truck]
• Relative growth in FTA and Warehouse
• A sector of (mostly) good jobs:
• Truck, Rail: no relative earnings differences
• Water, FTA: relatively better in earnings in greater Vancouver
• Warehouse: downward convergence
• Significant change in sub-regional locations:
• Decline in core, growth in south and east
• Social geography of the sector is shifting

IMPORT

PORT

NATIONAL IMPORTERS LOCAL TRUCKING TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSFER TO RAIL LOCAL / REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION PRODUCER EXPORT HANDLING

EXPORT

IMPORT

PORT

NATIONAL IMPORTERS LOCAL TRUCKING CONTAINER STORAGE PRODUCER EXPORT STUFFING

EXPORT

IMPORT TRANSLOADING TRANSPORT SERVICES

Some principles for regional planning

• The port’s relationship with the region extends

beyond the waterfront

• What we see today did not happen overnight
• The port-logistics industry is a dynamic network:
• Economies of scale and productivity in water and rail
• Expansion of warehousing (transloading and stuffing)
• Elaboration of intra-regional connectivity (aka. trucking)
• Emergence of advanced services in FTA
• Conventional port impact studies do not capture

these dynamics well