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The Vancouver Fraser Port authority says outgoing CEO Robin Silvester has helped grow international trade through the port by approximately 40%. Photo credit: Vancouver Fraser Port Authority.

THE Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA) CEO Robin Silvester says he will stay on until s a successor is found, said an authority statement.


Mr Silvester announced that he had decided to step down as chief executive of Canada's largest port after 14 years to pursue "a new challenge", but did not provide details.


Perhaps his biggest accomplishment leading the VFPA was shepherding the early stages of the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project, which cleared a major environmental hurdle last month.


The C$3 billion (US$2.25 billion) terminal is being designed to handle 2.4 million TEU, which would double Vancouver's annual throughput capacity.


The port authority said Silvester has helped grow international trade through Vancouver by 40 per cent.


"With support from our partners, we have delivered over $1 billion of infrastructure over the last decade and a half," he said in last week’s statement, adding Vancouver Fraser Port Authority "has a strong leadership team to lead it into the future".