A reception was held on board to welcome the ship, her master, Captain Rajaniram Kulur and the crew to Fraser River Port. Reception hosts from Saga Forest Carriers and the ship’s owner, Toko Unyu Co., Ltd, were on hand as representative from the Fraser River Port Authority, Fraser Surrey Docks, and P&O Ports Canada Inc. each presented the Captain Kulur with a gift to commemorate the ship’s maiden voyage to BC.

The ship loaded steel products in Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Shanghai, China; Ulsan, Korea; and Hitachinaka, Japan. She then crossed the Pacific Ocean to discharge cargo in the ports of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Vancouver (USA), before arriving at Fraser River Port where she discharged 4,500 tonnes of steel, destined for construction and oilfield projects in Alberta and BC. When M.V. SAGA ENTERPRISE leaves Fraser River Port, she will stop at the Port of Vancouver to pick up forest products destined for Europe via the Panama Canal.

M.V. SAGA ENTERPRISE was delivered on September 27, 2006 by Oshima Shipbuilding Company Ltd. in Japan. The vessel measures 199.2 metres in length with a beam of 30.5 metres and has a gross registered tonnage of 29,758 tonnes.

Fraser Surrey Docks is located on Fraser River Port Authority’s 143-hectare (353-acre) Surrey Properties site. The general cargo terminal features six deep-sea berths, 8.8-acres of covered storage, and direct ship to rail loading. The terminal is located close to major road networks and served by five railways. Fraser Surrey Docks handles a broad mixture of containers and breakbulk cargo such as steel and wood products.

Fraser River Port is Canada’s largest fresh water port and Canada’s largest automobile port, encompassing 270 kilometres of shoreline along the Fraser River from Langley to the Strait of Georgia. The Port generates 16,100 direct local jobs and contributes $1.3 billion to Canada’s Gross Domestic Product.