Oil Tanker Safety Perspective
Trans Mountain oil tanker safety perspectives from global experts who live on British Columbia's South Coast. The Resource Works report takes the form of transcribed [...]
Trans Mountain oil tanker safety perspectives from global experts who live on British Columbia's South Coast. The Resource Works report takes the form of transcribed [...]
Biofouling via invasive aquatic species (IAS) is one problem that has been identified by the International Maritime Organization as a significant environmental threat. Biofouling occurs [...]
The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) is responsible for the safe movement of ships in inland and coastal waters. Vital maritime services provided by the CCG [...]
The international shipping community has sounded an alarm on proposed the moratorium of oil shipments on a significant portion of Canada’s Pacific Coast. The Canadian [...]
The Honourable Judy M. Foote, Minister of Public Services and Procurement, announced on February 27, 2018, the completion of key projects and upcoming investments aimed [...]
Current public interest in the marine oil spill hazard is high. Transport Canada recently initiated a national review of the ship-sourced oil spill regime, and [...]
On March 18, 2013, the Canadian federal government announced the creation of the Tanker Safety Expert Panel. Captain Gordon Houston was Chair of the Tanker [...]
Marine Environmental Response – Canada’s Ship-Source Oil Pollution Regime An effective marine environmental response is a need for many coastal nations where the transportation of [...]
Commercial and regulatory changes are fuelling improvements in ship emissions. In this April 2015, BC Shipping News Fuelling Improvements in Ship Emissions Darryl Anderson explores global and local [...]
The Canadian Minister of Transport announced the creation of the Emergency Response Task Force under the Transport Dangerous Goods Directorate (TDG Directorate) on April 23, [...]
Pacific Coast marine traffic is increasing as Canada relies heavily on a competitive international shipping industry to transport its trade with countries other than the [...]
Ocean shipping matters to Canada. New international markets are becoming increasingly important to our economic future. However, geopolitical risk is a potential threat to Canada’s [...]
Is the present state of Canadian Arctic shipping infrastructure sufficient? No, Canadian Arctic freight shipping and cruise tourism infrastructure are underdeveloped. The International Chamber of [...]
Canada’s economic prosperity depends on the marine transportation of exports to world markets. This can only be done by ships. The ongoing ocean and environmental [...]
Marine Domain Awareness (MDA) is an essential and underlying foundation of ocean management and increasingly, the regulation of shipping in coastal waters. The International Maritime [...]
Illegal migrant smuggling by sea is often the only option for economically disadvantaged people. While the trend in the total number of deaths of smuggled [...]
For many coastal nations, the marine transportation of crude oil by sea is common and often large-scale practice. The marine transport of Canadian oil by [...]
As the volume of international trade continues to increase so does the importance of Seafarer welfare. Seafarers’ centers have always provided comfort, relaxation, an understanding [...]
Darryl Anderson, Managing Director of Wave Point Consulting in this 2013 Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers Shipping Network article argues that a key issue for the future of Port [...]
The Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment, and Natural Resources invited Darryl Anderson, Managing Director of Wave Point Consulting to appear as an expert [...]
In Canada, the issues around proposed oil tanker and pipeline risk are emotionally, and politically charged and are not going away anytime soon. K. Joseph [...]
In recognition of the importance of maritime commerce and Seafarer Rights, this BC Shipping News article uses the occasion of the Day of the Seafarer to acknowledge the [...]
On March 18, 2013, the Government of Canada held a press conference to announce that it was enacting new steps to ensure that Canada has [...]
Darryl Anderson and Joe Spears in the paper ‘Regulating Oil Tankers in Canadian Waters‘ explore the policy commitments that govern oil tanker shipping in Canada and how [...]
The National Aerial Surveillance Program is an integral element of Canada’s ocean management. Canada takes a risk-based approach to ship-source pollution response and seeks to [...]
The Arctic Ocean Basin continues to see sea-ice diminish and thin on an ever increasing basis, outstripping the scientific predictive models. This trend has significant [...]
To move forward in a changing world, Canada needs clear thinking around important maritime governance issues that have an environmental risk component. We should not [...]
The coming into force of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) in August 2013 might serve to generate such a discussion amongst BC Shipping New readers and those [...]
Marine salvage on the Pacific Coast is an important component of having a strong and resilient marine response capability. Recent projects involving the export of [...]
The 5th bi-annual Maritime Security Challenges 2012 conference was held in Victoria, British Columbia from October 1-3. Over the last ten years, this conference has [...]