The recent delivery of 781 new VinFast electric vehicles from Vietnam to the Port of Nanaimo built on the facility’s efforts to expand and diversify its presence on the east coast of Vancouver Island.
No firm commitment has been made to receive additional VinFast vehicles, Ian Marr, Port of Nanaimo president and chief executive, said Thursday. “But, obviously, if things go well for them, we’ll be the port of choice.” Nguyen Thi Van Anh, chief executive of VinFast North America, said in a statement he expects the vehicles will gain support from Canadian customers. Deliveries to customers start this month.
Worker numbers fluctuate depending on what’s happening at the port. On Thursday, about 40 to 50 workers were at the port’s downtown Nanaimo site, where they will be working for about a week loading logs onto a carrier heading to Asia. “That’s been consistent business over the last few years,” Marr said.