Vancouver Inlet Dredging Project Kicks Off for Oil Tankers

Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 8:20 pm

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has begun preliminary work to deepen Burrard Inlet, aiming to accommodate fully loaded oil tankers. The project, linked with comments by a former finance chief, is moving through permitting processes to boost regional port efficiency.

globalnews.ca / Preliminary work on plan to dredge Burrard Inlet underway, port says

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says preliminary work on a plan to dredge Burrard Inlet to accommodate fully loaded oil tankers is now underway

citynews.ca / Port says dredging of Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet underway, a project touted by Carney

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says preliminary work on a plan to dredge Burrard Inlet to accommodate fully loaded oil tankers is now underway It says the project, which was recently floated by Prime Minister Mark Carney, will proceed through permitting processes including…

thestar.com / Port says dredging of Vancouver's Burrard Inlet underway, a project touted by Carney

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says preliminary work on a plan to dredge Burrard Inlet to accommodate fully loaded oil tankers is now underway

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