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“Since 1948, Western Stevedoring has built a solid reputation for providing stevedoring services to a broad spectrum of customers worldwide – shippers and carriers - with one thing in common: the need to get goods to and from the market efficiently, responsibly and safely. We are committed to meeting these needs and to earning the opportunity for you to choose us as your stevedore and terminal operator.”
— Tim Chapman, President

stevedoring company n: contractor to supply the labour (longshoremen), equipment and direction for the handling of cargo and the loading and unloading of ships in port.

HISTORY

Western Stevedoring is a company with a history…a history of people and their accomplishments up and down British Columbia’s coast. It's a company that has earned a solid reputation for providing professional stevedoring services to a broad spectrum of shippers and carriers for over 50 years.

Western Stevedoring started as McKay Stevedoring and Contracting Company.  The first contract was to load lumber on to the ‘S.S. Bell’ at Port Alberni, BC over 5 decades ago. A humble beginning, yet one that was to see the company become a major stevedoring contractor in British Columbia.

 In 1950, the company name was changed to Western Stevedoring. Since then the company has grown to handle 12 million tones of cargo annually.

LABOUR CONTRACTORS

DOW CHEMICAL WEST COAST DISTRIBUTION CENTRE

• Modern Bulk-Liquid storage and distribution facility
• Handles caustic soda solution, ethylene dichloride and ethylene glycol
• Located adjacent to Lynnterm
• Western has been labour contractor since 1979
• Responsible for the provision and supervision of labour including the establishment of work rules and training programs