The company seeking to expand Metro Vancouver's Deltaport terminal has applied for fast-track approval by Canada's new major projects office.

The proposal by Global Container Terminals to add a fourth berth, expand a rail yard along the Roberts Bank causeway and undertake dredging to provide access for ships is currently under review by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada.

But a statement from Global Container Terminals on Friday says it had submitted the project to the new federal office with a mandate to streamline regulatory approval and advance major projects it deems to be in the national interest.

The move came a day after Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a list of five projects for initial consideration by the office, including two in B.C.

B.C. Premier David Eby told a new

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