The Port of Vancouver is working hard to reduce air emissions through improving operational efficiency, technological innovation, supporting regulatory change and development of a data baseline. Reducing our emissions now and as we grow will help to maintain good air quality for the future.

We have a number of air emission reduction projects already underway and planned for the future, we are collaborating with other Ports, the Marine Industry and with government agencies to promote efficiency and the implementation of technologies to reduce air emissions.

Emissions from Ports have the potential to increase due to growth in response to increasing demand for import and export of goods. This means more cargo, ships, trucks and trains will go through Ports each year to meet that demand. Air quality in Vancouver is among the best in many years, and is better than most cities of this size and smaller towns in the interior of British Columbia, and we want to keep it that way.

Reducing emissions from port-related activities including ships, trucks, trains and cargo handling equipment, as well as industrial processes are a key component of making the Port of Vancouver sustainable.

Please see the Integrated Air Emissions Reduction Program for the Port of Vancouver: Actions to Address Air Quality and Climate Change for an overview of initiatives being implemented by the Vancouver Port Authority, our tenants and other industries as well as regulatory agencies, which are all helping to reduce port-related air emissions.

VFPA Air Action Program - posted Feb 28, 2008 [PDF | 177 KB]



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