The plan has support from the shipping industry but hasn’t won over climate activists
One berth would be for marine fuelling, or bunkering, in which barges would pick up LNG at FortisBC’s Tilbury Island site and sail down the south arm of the Fraser River to fill up LNG-powered ships calling at the Port of Vancouver. The other berth would be set aside for exports of LNG aboard vessels departing from the Delta site to Asia.
“We know there is a complicated conversation to have around LNG as a marine fuel. However, it is currently the only commercially scalable alternative to oil-based marine fuels and the marine industry has adopted it as a transition fuel to help reduce air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions,” said Duncan Wilson, vice-president of environment and external affairs at the port authority.
B.C. Environment Minister George Heyman, B.C. Transportation Minister Rob Fleming and their cabinet colleagues could rule by mid-2023 on the regulatory application to build the jetty facilities. The proposal also requires approval from federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault. Five municipalities in Metro Vancouver have passed non-binding motions to oppose the expansion plans.“From a climate perspective, the math on replacing marine diesel with LNG is highly questionable,” said Peter McCartney, a climate campaigner at the Wilderness Committee.
LNG Canada is the consortium led by Shell PLC that is building an LNG export terminal in Kitimat, B.C., which is scheduled to become Canada’s first such facility when shipments to Asia begin in 2025.
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