Tag: Port of Vancouver

HaiSea Marine, majority owned by Haisla Nation in partnership with Seaspan ULC, celebrated the arrival of the world’s first fully electric tugboat as it sailed under the Lions Gate Bridge for the first time.

The Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project at the Port of Vancouver has received approval from Canada’s Federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change.

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority-led Enhancing Cetacean Habitat and Observation (ECHO) Program reported record-breaking participation rates in its 2022 voluntary underwater noise reduction initiatives to support the recovery of southern resident killer whales.

The Port of Vancouver, together with partners from across the port community, are testing various low- and zero-emission fuels and technologies, as part of the port port’s efforts to phase out all port-related emissions by 2050. 

The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) introduced the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority as its newest member, becoming the first port authority to join the initiative which now consists of seventeen members across the maritime ecosystem.

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.