Increased imports are pulling Canada’s largest seaport, Port Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, into a traffic recovery as the Canadian economy performs strongly after the recession. … For January and February, laden container imports are up 19 percent and laden exports up 11 percent, in 20-foot equivalent units, over the period in 2009. Laden TEUs together came to 312,722 against 270,226 in the 2009 period, up 16 percent.

From the Journal of Commerce, March 22, 2010