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| Vancouver container terminal goes all-in for renewables |
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Date:2025-06-11 Readers:
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GCT's Vanterm terminal in Vancouver's inner harbour now uses renewable diesel to power its entire heavy duty fleet, reports Business in Vancouver.
The initiative started as a pilot in August 2024 and ramped up progressively to this point, said Vanterm spokesman Marko Dekovic. Light duty vehicles like pickup trucks at Vanterm are already running on propane.
Vanterm achieved a 68 per cent reduction in emissions in the last quarter of 2024 since the transition began, he said.
The fuel that's now being used is hydrogenation-derived renewable diesel (HDRD). This is fuel is produced from renewable feedstocks like vegetable oils and animal fats, according to a study from Natural Resources Canada on HDRD.
The chemical similarities between HDRD and conventional diesel also allowed for its implementation with minimal modifications to existing equipment at Vanterm.
"It ends up having the same chemical structure as diesel, just with a very different emission profile," he said. "The cost ends up being relatively comparable because of the different credit programmes."
GCT announced that it would be investing C$160 million (US$116 million) to densify and modernise the 31-hectare Vanterm on the Burrard Inlet in 2019.
https://www.shippingazette.com/news?news_id=9250600000228
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