The Maritime Industry Deals With Invasive Aquatic Species
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 [...]
Canadian Coast Guard Responds to Changing Seas
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 [...]
Canadian Oil Tanker Policy in the International Context
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 [...]
Government of Canada invests over $250 million in Esquimalt Graving Dock
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 [...]
Regional Advisory Committee on Oil Spill Response
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 [...]
Tanker Safety Panel Expert Findings
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 [...]
Drifting Towards Improvement?
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 [...]
Fuelling Improvements in Ship Emissions
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 [...]
Transportation of Dangerous Goods Response
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, [...]
Canadian Coast Guard Gets a Line on Pacific Coast Marine Traffic
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
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 [...]
Canadian Arctic Shipping Infrastructure
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 [...]
Environmental Navigation and Ocean Governance
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
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
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 [...]
Marine Transport of Canadian Oil
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 [...]
Seafarer Welfare
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 [...]
Port State Control & Shipping Regionalism
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 [...]
Safe Marine Transport of Hydrocarbons
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 [...]
Oil Tanker and Pipeline Risk
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 [...]
Seafarer Rights
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 [...]
Marine Pollution Prevention and Response
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 [...]
West Coast Marine Oil Spill Preparedness
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 [...]
National Aerial Surveillance Program
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 [...]
Arctic Marine Pollution Response
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 [...]
Vessel Traffic Management
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 Maritime Labour Convention
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
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 [...]
Maritime Security Challenges 2012
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 [...]
The Illegal Transport of Migrants by Ship
The illegal transport of migrants by ship is seen as a security threat by the Canadian government. The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration [...]