Towards the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s goal of phasing out all port-related emissions by 2050, the port authority and the Province of British Columbia have jointly committed $3M in funding to accelerate the trial and adoption…
Port: Vancouver
Vancouver Fraser Port Authority – Maplewood Marine Restoration Project
Through the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s Habitat Enhancement Program, the port authority leads projects to offset the effects of port development on fish and wildlife habitat within the Port of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. In...
Vancouver Fraser Port Authority – The ECHO Program
The Enhancing Cetacean Habitat and Observation (ECHO) Program is a first-of-its-kind program developed and led by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority to better understand and reduce the impacts of commercial shipping on at-risk whales off the...
Collaborative project – 2020 Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy
Sustainable, innovative, and cooperative vision: The Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy (Strategy) is an innovative collaboration among four ports – Port of Seattle, Port of Tacoma, Northwest Seaport Alliance, and Vancouver Fraser Port Authority in British…
Northwest Seaport Alliance – Clean Truck Program
Under the Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy, the ports of Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver, British Columbia, and the Northwest Seaport Alliance collectively set a goal of having 2007 or newer engine year trucks exclusively serving container terminals....
Port of Vancouver – Sustainability Governance
The Port of Vancouver is Canada’s largest port, and the third largest in North America in terms of annual tonnes of cargo. At the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority we are moving towards a more sustainable future...
Port consortium – NEPTUNES project
Complaints about noise from seagoing vessels at berth are increasingly becoming an environmental issue. To achieve sustainable port development and operations there is a desire to reduce the problem of noise pollution.
Port of Vancouver – International Collaboration on Vessel Emissions Reduction
Vessel incentive programs and environmental infrastructure are a true case of “the value of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts”. By working together, these opportunities can effect greater change than by continuing to work in relative isolation.