Tag: Port of Vancouver

In an interview to SAFETY4SEA, Carrie Brown, Director of Ecosystem Management and Environmental Programs at the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, focuses on the ECHO Program and its efforts to reduce underwater noise in order to support at-risk whale species.

At the beginning of March, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority published its Port Information Guide for March, announcing new restrictions on the discharge of scrubber wash water.

The Port of Vancouver will limit the discharge of contaminated water from the scrubbers that ships use to remove sulphur out of exhaust.

Canadian and international scientists called Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Steven Guilbeault, to reject the proposed Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion at the Port of Vancouver.

Truckers driving vehicles more than 10 years old will not be banned from the Port of Vancouver next month as originally planned.

Over 50 ships were waiting on November 29 to unload at the Port of Vancouver, that it still troubled from the impacts of a major storm two weeks ago.

A giant barge has smacked into Vancouver's seawall, just short of the Burrard Bridge after becoming unmoored in Monday's rain and wind storm. 

The port of Vancouver informed that all rail access had been cut by floods and landslides further to the east, a development that could affect shipments of grain, coal and potash.

The Government of Canada announced major investments to improve handling capacity and marine vessel traffic flow, both at its east and west coast ports. 

The Vancouver Maritime Centre for Climate (VMCC) has announced the launch of Operation Flagship, aiming to facilitate climate solution pilots and accelerate the adoption of emission reduction solutions.