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Six and a half days: why the terminal is the project

At a million barrels a day, the proposed Roberts Bank tank farm is about a week of buffer between the pipeline and the ship. That makes the terminal the pacing item, and the longest-lived contract in the program.Oct 22, 2026

On Pacific Link, the crew is the bid

Pacific Link’s budget works out at or below Trans Mountain’s final cost per kilometre. The only way to get there is productivity, and the labour forecast everyone is using was published before the two decisions that matter.Oct 15, 2026

Community Impact

The permit and the cap table run on the same clock

Ottawa’s target for Pacific Link’s main approval is September 1, 2027, and it is conditional on Indigenous consultation. The equity offer and the contracts sit in the same process. For anyone planning a bid, that is one clock, not two.Oct 8, 2026