Oil ships to travel Fraser River in future?

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Metro Vancouver residents haven’t heard the last about oil-tanker traffic through Vancouver’s harbour. More ships could be coming — and they could even be bigger. There could also be tanker traffic up the Fraser River one day, the chief of Port Metro Vancouver has told The Province. Chief
operating officer Chris Badger would reveal few details, but said
there are discussions under way about bigger ships in Vancouver, and
tanker traffic on the Fraser River for the first time. Bigger
ships in Vancouver would require dredging deeper channels through the
waterway, especially at the First and Second Narrows.Read more of Province article by Kent Spencer here

 

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About Damien Gillis

Damien Gillis is a Vancouver-based documentary filmmaker with a focus on environmental and social justice issues - especially relating to water, energy, and saving Canada's wild salmon - working with many environmental organizations in BC and around the world. He is the co-founder, along with Rafe Mair, of The Common Sense Canadian, and a board member of both the BC Environmental Network and the Haig-Brown Institute.