No Freighter Anchorages

If you love BC's Southern Gulf Islands, the time to speak up is now! Help our coalition to protect the fragile Salish Sea from harmful freighter anchorages.

[No Freighter Anchorages @NoFreighters]

You bet there is concern for "one of the most productive marine #ecosystems in the world"! Thanks @kyliestanton @GlobalTV for highlighting our ongoing fight for the elimination of these vessels from the Southern Gulf Islands.
#nofreighters #SpeakOut

https://t.co/DpCFeW3Mj7

[No Freighter Anchorages @NoFreighters]

Shame on @OmarAlghabra @JustinTrudeau @jjhorgan for facilitating this farce.

#nofreighters #savetheoceans

[No Freighter Anchorages @NoFreighters]

VFPA greenwashing continues—claims of carbon reduction and system improvements only apply to the port boundary. Aggressive expansion into the Southern Gulf Islands where compliance is not required is in motion. https://t.co/ITFXPgBtb8

[No Freighter Anchorages @NoFreighters]

SCSWA thanks MP @ElizabethMay for continually raising our concerns in the House of Commons. Yet, there is silence from @theJagmeetSingh and the @NDP, who said they would support us [in our work to end anchorages in the Southern Gulf Islands] #nofreighters https://t.co/TdltRGFRsz

[No Freighter Anchorages @NoFreighters]

Recently the Cowichan Valley Regional District invited @PortVancouver to meet over parked freighters. Will a new vessel traffic management system lead to concrete change for the Southern Gulf Islands? #eliminationnotmitigation #nofreighters @ChemainusNews
https://t.co/veq6ZxemP7

[No Freighter Anchorages @NoFreighters]

ANNUAL #CO2 emissions from 1 typical passenger vehicle? 4.6 metric tonnes. DAILY emissions from 1 bulk cargo freighter at anchor in Southern Gulf Islands? 10 tonnes. There are 33 SGI anchorages...
@omaralghabra and @s_guilbeault can stop this now.
#DYK #blueeconomy #nofreighters

[No Freighter Anchorages @NoFreighters]

This article from February 2019 remains relevant: https://t.co/GPJouSn8bH
#DYK #thermalcoal #nofreighters

[No Freighter Anchorages @NoFreighters]

@OmarAlghabra has instructed @PortVancouver to complete #ActiveVesselTrafficManagement system alleviating port congestion. Excludes removal of 33 freighter anchorages ruining biologically sensitive Southern Gulf Islands. Not okay @s_guibeault! #blueeconomy https://t.co/NfJ7R84Vne

[No Freighter Anchorages @NoFreighters]

1 anchored #bulkcargofreighter emits 10 tonnes greenhouse gas daily, undermining local #climateaction initiatives. @Trans_gc allows many to anchor in environmentally+biologically significant Southern Gulf Islands. @OmarAlghabra & @s_guilbeault please, work together to stop this.

[No Freighter Anchorages @NoFreighters]

@FishOceansCAN has proposed the Southern Gulf Islands an Environmentally & Biologically Significant Area yet @Trans_gc continues to allow #bulkcargofreighters to anchor with little oversight. How can we protect the environment @s_guilbeault when ministries work siloed!? #canpoli

[No Freighter Anchorages @NoFreighters]

Unfortunately, this new rule likely won't make a difference for "overflow" anchorages in the Southern Gulf Islands which are treated as the wild west by @PortVancouver. The PoV isn't even able to compel ships at #SGI anchor to follow 2018 'Interim Protocol' rules. #blueeconomy

[The Vancouver Sun @VancouverSun]

Port of Vancouver to restrict release of scrubber wash water from ships https://t.co/eZHYcauWKx

[No Freighter Anchorages @NoFreighters]

Waiting for @OmarAlghabra to do the right thing: protect the #SouthernGulfIslands from environmental damage caused by bulk cargo freighter anchorages by designating it a restricted area; the Canada #Shipping Act gives you the mandate and the authority. #BlueEconomy #supplychain

[No Freighter Anchorages @NoFreighters]

The Islands Trust area is “one of the most productive marine ecosystems in the world and includes the highest density of species at risk in Canada”—@Transport_gc uses it as an industrial parking lot for bulk cargo ships https://t.co/AD84HrKaml #blueeconomy #supplychain #Vancouver

[No Freighter Anchorages @NoFreighters]

Thanks to @wcelaw for this summary of federal mandate letters regarding Ocean Protection & Management. As it points out, "Environmental standards for shipping and cruise ships are missing". https://t.co/wkaUNNc83f
#marineconservation #nofreighters

[No Freighter Anchorages @NoFreighters]

4/4 https://t.co/bMzpVOA4hJ

[No Freighter Anchorages @NoFreighters]

1/4 Cautious optimism: an advisory panel has been put in place to advance design of a #VesselTrafficManagement system for @PortVancouver. We've called for such a system as KEY to discontinuing use of 33 anchorages in sensitive Southern Gulf Islands waters #nofreighters #noparking

[No Freighter Anchorages @NoFreighters]

3/4 Such systems have been implemented at other ports worldwide to minimize or eliminate anchorage requirements. @Transport_gc we expect nothing less for the #SGI anchorages. #nofreighters #cdnpoli #bcpoli

[No Freighter Anchorages @NoFreighters]

@OmarAlghabra Minister Alghabra, can you confirm if Monday’s #SupplyChainSummit discussed West Coast shipping issues including the backlog of #bulkcargovessel in the Southern Gulf Islands and @PortofVancouver?