Environmentalist is calling for an outright ban on cruise ships coming into Vancouver’s harbour. The push is in an effort to help reduce the impact of the vessels’ carbon footprint. “We are destroying our oceans with plastic, with pollution, with noise, with everything,” Danika Dinsmore with Extinction Rebellion Sunshine Coast tells NEWS 1130. (citynews1130.com)
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Luxury cruise line Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth kicked off the company’s return to Alaska today in their West Coast homeport of Vancouver, Canada. Queen Elizabeth will sail four ten-night roundtrip voyages out of Vancouver in 2019, and ten voyages in 2020, calling at Juneau, Ketchikan, Victoria, Skagway, and more.
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While docking at the Vancouver Port near Canada Place, a Holland America vessel collided with another ship from the same cruise line that was already docked. Fortunately, no injuries were reported, although both ships allegedly suffered minor damage during the incident. (foxnews.com)
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The 2018 cruise season kicks off today at the Port of Vancouver with the arrival of the Star Princess at the Canada Place cruise terminal. Approximately 895,000 cruise passengers on 241 vessel visits are expected in Vancouver this year, a seven per cent increase in passenger volume over 2017.
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The impacts of a potential cruise ship terminal at Roberts Bank has to be examined together with the proposed Terminal 2 container terminal expansion. That’s what Against Port Expansion’s (APE) Roger Emsley is demanding as the Port of Vancouver considers the possibility of adding another cruise ship facility in either Delta or Richmond. (delta-optimist.com)
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The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has released its third Port Emissions Inventory Report, which indicates air pollutant emissions have decreased significantly since 2010, despite an increase in trade through the port – a result of stronger regulation and investment in technology.
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The 2019 cruise season in Vancouver officially starts tomorrow (March 29) with the arrival of the Emerald Princess to the Canada Place cruise terminal at the Port of Vancouver. 
Today (May 23, 2018), the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is celebrating an exciting milestone with the arrival of the 25 millionth cruise passenger through the Port of Vancouver. 
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is hosting a celebration to welcome the 25 millionth cruise passenger through the Port of Vancouver! 
