Tagged: Victoria (BC)

The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority will begin the search for a new CEO after Ian Robertson announced his plan to retire in early 2023. (more…)

The not-for-profit Greater Victoria Harbour Authority (GVHA) has released the draft schedule for the 2022 cruise ship season in Victoria with the first ship in a Canadian port in two years arriving on April 6, 2022. (more…)

Cruise ships will return to Victoria. With them will return hundreds of thousands of passengers and crew per year. (timescolonist.com)

A national coalition of tourism and business groups continues to lobby the federal government for a U.S. border reopening plan, for the sake of cruise tourism and the thousands of B.C. jobs that rely on it. (saanichnews.com)

Greater Victoria Harbour Authority (GVHA) CEO Ian Robertson is advocating to Transport Canada to announce plans to rescind the order suspending cruise in Canada that is currently in effect until Feb. 28, 2022. (more…)

Following its meeting on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority (GVHA) Board of Directors has confirmed that the organization will proceed with the next stage of the shore power project for the Victoria Cruise Terminal at The Breakwater District. (more…)

The not-for-profit Greater Victoria Harbour Authority (GVHA) has achieved a ranking of 3.7 out of 5 by Green Marine, an increase over their previous 2018 score of 3.3 and one that places the deep-water port among the most environmentally sustainable ports in North America. (more…)

The 58-metre extension to the Pier B mooring dolphin at the Victoria Cruise Terminal has received final review from the engineering team, signalling completion of one of the of the largest infrastructure projects ever undertaken by the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority (GVHA). (more…)

The not-for-profit Greater Victoria Harbour Authority (GVHA) concluded the 2019 cruise ship season on Friday, Oct. 18 having welcomed 709,042 passengers and 294,956 crew on a total of 257 ship calls. (more…)

The City of Victoria passed a motion Thursday that would regulate the number of cruise ships entering the harbour due to environmental concerns.The motion makes four recommendations, including a request the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority halt any increase in ship visits until the city is satisfied efforts to address emissions and waste issues have been addressed. (cbc.ca)

Victoria’s mayor and two councillors have tabled a motion asking for among other things a limit on cruise ships entering the city until a plan can be found to limit their emissions and waste. Lisa Helps and councillors Marianne Alto and Ben Isitt tabled the motion which will go before council on Oct. 17. (cbc.ca)

For the first time, cruise ship passengers will be able to start and end their cruise in Victoria, B.C. Even though Victoria’s Ogden Point is a busy port for cruise ships all summer long, Vancouver Island residents who want to take a cruise cannot embark from here. Instead, they have to travel to either the Vancouver or Seattle ports to join the cruise. (cbc.ca)

The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority has reached a new milestone. On Friday, the authority welcomed its eight millionth passenger, Meghan Lorenzon, to the Victoria Cruise Ship Terminal at Ogden Point. Lorenzon, who is from Davenport, Fla. was on the Norwegian Joy with her husband, Brent Petkus, for their honeymoon. (cheknews.ca)