Canadian grain shipments from Vancouver, the nation’s largest port, are poised to reach a record this year on rising demand from Asia.

Grain exported through Port Metro Vancouver may rise 6 percent in the 12 months that started Aug. 1, topping last year’s record 18.8 million metric tons, said Dale Thulin, the manager of supply-chain performance for the port.

“We’ve seen such a huge increase in container volume and other bulk products going outbound, because they’re going into the Asian markets,” Thulin said in a telephone interview from Vancouver. “That’s where the demand is.”

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