History of the Port Mann Bridge in BC

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4aYxObfjJ8 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Mann_Bridge#Original_bridge The original PMB had only 2 lanes each way with no emergency lanes or wide shoulders. It was designed to be a classic BC bottleneck-chokepoint right from the start. Eventually, a 5th lane was squeezed in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Mann_Bridge#Opposition_to_twinning_plan While bridge duplication isn't that big of a problem in Australia or the US, it is in the BC part of Canada. Australia is allowed to have 3 proper big cities on the Pacific. Thus, the urban scale of infrastructure in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane are much larger than what's allowed in the Greater Vancouver Region. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Mann_Bridge#New_bridge Given that this is supposed to be part of the main East-West highway in Canada, a significantly wider bridge was eventually approved. While it was designed with a provision for a potential future rail line, there should have also been a provision for a lower deck. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_crossings_of_the_Fraser_River#Main_Watercourse_(New_Westminster_to_Yellowhead_Pass)

Record number of oil tankers enter Vancouver harbour

 https://ca.news.yahoo.com/record-number-oil-tankers-enter-011706070.html

Greater Vancouver is suppose to be a growing port, but its in a vast country that doesn't even have half of 1% of the world's population.

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/record-number-of-oil-tankers-enter-vancouver-harbour-in-march

Singapore & even Brisbane have been able to substantially expand their ports & related infrastructure over the years. Thats, because they don't have anything like the Vancouver restrictions or the backwater BC mentality to thwart them.

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/number-oil-tankers-entering-vancouver-harbour-jumps-from-two-to-20-a-month

Queensland vs. BC

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland#Transport

Though it might be hard to believe, World_Expo_88 in Brisbane was much more of a catalyst than Expo_86 was for Vancouver. That's because unlike Brisbane, Vancouver imposed & doubled down on various infrastructure restrictions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Expo_88#History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_86#Legacy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia#Transportation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland#Cities

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia#Cities

After the Expo 88, Brisbane would go onto allowing significantly taller buildings, wider roads and especially longer trains than what backwards Vancouver is still stuck with. Of course Queensland would have larger port infrastructure than backwater BC as well.

Perhaps Australia is able to get things done on a bigger & better scale than Canada, because of the warmer year-round weather. Unfortunatly, backwards Vancouver & backwater BC seem to be hindered by something like a Mind Virus.

https://countryeconomy.com/countries/compare/australia/canada

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/commentary/heres-why-australians-make-more-money-canadians Fortunatly, Canada hasn't been able to convince Australia, NZ, UK, USA & France to remove blue from their national flag. Japan is surrounded by water & Switzerland has lakes & rivers, but even a speck of blue isn't allowed on the national flag.

https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2009/jun/pdf/bu-0609-4.pdf

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11f0027m/11f0027m2003018-eng.pdf

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Brisbane

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Queensland 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Brisbane+Airport+Railway+Line

Court upholds approval of B.C. port expansion

https://www.delta-optimist.com/highlights/court-upholds-approval-of-bc-port-expansion-despite-risks-to-whales-10069295 It remains to be seen if slow moving B.C. & Canada will eventually allow the Port_of_Vancouver to be on the same grand scale of what Brisbane and Singapore have allowed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberts_Bank_Superport

Whether, its Delta, Surrey, Richmond, NW, Burnaby, it's all part of the Greater Vancouver_Port_facilities.

 https://www.burnabynow.com/highlights/court-upholds-approval-of-bc-port-expansion-despite-risks-to-whales-10069295

If the expansion went sideways, but not further west into Georgia Straight, the area is still limited. However, if the expansion were to go a little further west into Georgia Straight, then their might be more of an argument against it.

The Port_of_Brisbane wouldn't be as big & mighty if it was bound by anything similar to the way how Canada builds its seaports.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Brisbane#History

https://www.portbris.com.au , https://www.portbris.com.au/major-projects/fpe , https://www.portbris.com.au/major-projects/dedicated-rail-connectivity , https://www.portbris.com.au/portbris-2060

https://www.portsaustralia.com.au/members/port-of-brisbane

https://www.qic.com/Investment-Capabilities/Infrastructure/Global-Portfolio/Port-of-Brisbane

The Port_of_Singapore is so far away from the way of how Canada builds its ports.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Singapore#Since_2022

https://www.mpa.gov.sg/port-marine-ops/operations/port-infrastructure/terminals

Brisbane and Singapore are on the same ocean as the BC part of Canada. Unfortunatly, Canada doesn't seem to want to have the same port scale & presence as those 2 Pacific ports. Being from backwards Vancouver, it's hard to fathom what Brisbane and Singapore have been able to do. Then again, they don't have to contend with the backwater BC mentality and its imposed restrictions.

Since Asia is the most populated part of the planet and BC is on the edge of the Pacific Rim, there should be plans to eventually have a BC port on the scale of the Port_of_Rotterdam. Or, the Port_of_Los_Angeles and the Port_of_Long_Beach, but with better coordinated efficiency.

https://www.burnabynow.com/economy-law-politics/david-eby-bc-prepared-for-economic-defence-against-american-threats-10060694 Canada needs to expand its trading with more countries. 

Despite its overall area, Canada is far from housing even 1% of the world's population. Australia even has less people, but somehow they don't seem to have their own version of KEEP CANADA SMALL. 

Being from the provincial backwater that is BC, its always amazing to see how Queensland can flourish, because it doesn't have the mutigenerational hindrances that backwards BC imposes.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=B.C.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Brisbane & Queensland 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Brisbane+Airport+Railway+Line

Hobart, Tasmania

The University+of+Tasmania seems to have been Vancoverized, in terms of its 1 lane each way streets. 

Hobart is much smaller than Vancouver, BC. Yet, it has more lanes on a total of 3 crossing over the River_Derwent_(Tasmania). Burrard Inlet in Greater Vancouver only has 2 bridges.

Fortunately, Hobart has the 5 lane Tasman+Bridge, the 4 lane Bowen+Bridge and the 2 lane Midland+Hwy+Bridge. That's a total of 11 lanes.

In contrast, Burrard_Inlet-Port_of_Vancouver only has the 6 lane Iron+Workers+Memorial+Bridge and the inadequate 3 lane Lions+Gate+Bridge. Only 9 lanes for the old port area of the region. While a multigenerational moratorium on any new harbor bridges made sense from an anti-freeway perspective, something essential was neglected. As of the end of 2024, no bus-bridge or bus-tunnel was ever built across the harbor. There is only a single freight train track, so of course there was never a truck-bridge or a truck-tunnel built. Even at the dawn of 2025, a SkyTrain or LRT crossing still only seems like a pipedream. 

Greater Hobart isn't just the state capital, its the main city on the island of Tasmania, which has less than 65% of a million people. Greater_Vancouver is getting close to 3 million people, yet the infrastructure is so inadequate.

Anyone visiting Vancouver from the big 4 cities of Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane & Perth might be surprised to see shorter trains & smaller buildings & narrower bridges & highways. Those 4 cities, just like Toronto, Montreal, Calgary & Edmonton, are allowed to exist on a larger scale than extremely restrictive Vancouver. Indeed, its as if rainy Vancouver must continually water things down.

seaports

https://theloadstar.co.uk/new-priok-container-terminal-will-change-face-logistics-indonesia/

https://www.porttechnology.org/news/psa_launches_2.9_billion_terminal_expansion_project

https://www.porttechnology.org/news/tianjin_port_becomes_largest_n4_terminal_complex

https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/245142/development-of-tuas-terminal-phase-ii-moves-forward/

https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/252623/port-of-amsterdam-words-and-actions/

https://www.porttechnology.org/news/port_of_rotterdam_wants_eu_to_invest_in_infrastructure

https://www.porttechnology.org/news/liebherr_provides_harbour_crane_for_irish_bulk_port#liebherr_maritime_cranes

https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/252466/carnivals-brisbane-terminal-gets-conditional-approval/

http://www.shippingtandy.com/features/singapore/

Port of Vancouver vs. Port of Brisbane

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/port-of-vancouver-roberts-bank-terminal-2-expansion 

http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-place-lions-gate-bridge-cruise-ships-port-of-vancouver

The Port+of+Brisbane was able to be built on a grad scale, simply because it doesn't have anything like the Vancouver, BC & Canadian red tape & B$ to contend with.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Lions+Gate+Bridge

Brisbane, Australia

http://files.douglas.stebila.ca/files/pictures/2012/australia/photos/20120508-094530-View-of-downtown-Brisbane-from-Mt-Coot-tha.jpg

http://www.ship-technology.com/projects/port-of-brisbane/port-of-brisbane1.html

http://www.douglas.stebila.ca/blog/tags/australia

https://www.google.ca/search?q=skyscrapers+of+australia&es_sm=93&biw=1600&bih=799&noj=1&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=hRPrVMXRM426ogTSzoDgDg&ved=0CP0BELAE 

While the YVR Line to Vancouver & Richmond is a short-train joke, Brisbane was able to have a proper long big city train to the airport.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Brisbane+Airport+Railway+Line