Presentations on Air Emissions from the Vancouver Port Environmental Managers meeting June 9, 2004

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Presented by John Newhook of the Greater Vancouver Regional District

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Presented by Rick Bryant of the Chamber of Shipping of B.C.

Marine Vessel Air Emissions
Presented by Andrew Green of Environment Canada

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Presented by Alicia Blancarte of the Vancouver Port Authority

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Our Environment: A core value of the VPA
As the first North American port to employ a dedicated team of specialists to address issues concerning the environment, the Vancouver Port Authority shares this vital responsibility with Transportation Canada, Environment Canada and the GVRD.

The Vancouver Port Authority is supportive of initiatives by the Federal Government to improve air quality, including Transport Canada’s work with the International Maritime Organization to establish regulations on emissions. In addition, VPA supports Environment Canada’s work with Washington State through the Georgia Basin International Airshed Steering Committee to implement a strategy to reduce emissions.

Reduced emissions through productivity and efficiencies
The Vancouver Port Authority has also been proactive by introducing measures that ensure emissions in the Port of Vancouver are minimized. The Port of Vancouver has been successful, since 1999, in reducing truck emissions with its container reservation system. Wait times for trucks entering terminals to load goods has been reduced from two hours to an average of 20 minutes, severely cutting back the amount of time spent idling.

Ship emissions
The Port of Vancouver also has efficient berth allocation systems to reduce the amount of time ships spend in port.

Power requirements for ships at berth are met by switching to lower emission generators rather than idling ships' main engines. During a recent six-month study of container ships, all ships were found to be using their generators for their power requirement while at berth.

Bunker Fuel
Bunker fuel in the Port of Vancouver is already among the cleanest and least polluting in the world.

The Kyoto Protocol
The Vancouver Port Authority is commissioning a study to quantify air emission contributions from all port operations, to identify opportunities for reductions and to assess the implication of Kyoto protocol on aspects of port operations.

Protecting the environment is one of the VPA core values and we take our role very seriously.