{"id":102594,"date":"2026-02-25T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shipping.einnews.com\/article\/895614285"},"modified":"2026-02-25T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T01:00:00","slug":"port-of-vancouver-starts-clock-toward-dredging-shipping-channel-at-second-narrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/port-of-vancouver-starts-clock-toward-dredging-shipping-channel-at-second-narrows\/","title":{"rendered":"Port of Vancouver starts clock toward dredging shipping channel at Second Narrows"},"content":{"rendered":"<header aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\" class=\"article-header article-header--story\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\" data-aqa=\"nav-breadcrumb\">\n<p>Breadcrumb Trail Links<\/p>\n<ol class=\"breadcrumbs__items list-unstyled\">\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\"><a class=\"breadcrumbs__item-link\" data-tb-category-link 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class=\"article-meta\">\n<p><span class=\"published-date__since\">Published Feb 25, 2026<\/span> &nbsp;\u2022&nbsp; <span class=\"published-date__word-count\">3 minute read<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"featured-image\" data-aqa=\"featured-image\"><img data-opt-id=758893364  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/vancouversun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0226-terminal.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&h=216&sig=E6s5HE71n6VgkvjENxJqSg&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/vancouversun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0226-terminal.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&h=216&sig=E6s5HE71n6VgkvjENxJqSg&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, 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Please try again<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border ad__section-border--story article-content__ad-group ad_counter_3\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment6093405007550556586259069368532992\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 3<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>To gain that approval, however, they will have to navigate the concerns of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation, which has already raised issue with the proposal and still disapproves of the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline facilities, which would be the first beneficiaries of a deepened second narrows.<\/p>\n<p>No one from the Tsleil-Waututh Nation\u2019s leadership was available for comment Wednesday, but in a statement from earlier in 2025, former chief Jen Thomas said the nation maintains \u201ca sacred, legal obligation to protect, defend and steward our inlet.\u201d In the statement, Thomas issued a reminder that the Tsleil-Waututh hold \u201cconstitutionally protected\u201d title and rights in the area and \u201ccautions those who speak as though this project has been pre-approved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On paper, the proposed project looks small. Dredging along the edges of the channel would disturb some 25,000 cubic metres of material in a total area of less than two hectares, the size of about three soccer fields, according to the port\u2019s project web page.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border ad__section-border--story article-content__ad-group ad_counter_4\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment3742600207654741379236426640523264\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 4<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Material expected to be removed during dredging \u2014 sand, gravel sandstone and boulders \u2014 would be disposed of at a facility on land designed to receive marine sediments and the port estimates the total amount will represent less than one per cent of the amount it typically dredges up in its annual maintenance program.<\/p>\n<p>However, to the Tsleil-Waututh, \u201c(a) proposal to dig up the seabed, which is culturally a part of us, is a very serious concern,\u201d Thomas said in the nation\u2019s earlier statement.<\/p>\n<p>Dredging raises environmental concerns ranging from disturbing toxic pollutants that have concentrated in sediments on the sea floor to blocking sunlight that interrupts the growth of phytoplanktons in the marine foodweb, according to news reports.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s at stake, from the perspective of international trade, is the capacity to expand oil exports from Canada\u2019s West Coast.<\/p>\n<p>The tankers that call on Westridge terminal are a class called Aframax, that are up to 255 metres long carrying up to 755,000 barrels of oil. However, those tankers can only fill to 75 to 80 per cent of capacity with the second narrows\u2019 existing depth. Filling to 100 per cent would allow fewer ships to carry the same volume of oil, allowing for an expansion of exports.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border ad__section-border--story article-content__ad-group ad_counter_5\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment6960797972405782516885518192476160\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 5<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>The federal government took over Trans Mountain in 2018, for a price tag of $4.5 billion, to complete the twinning of its existing pipeline, whose total cost came in at $34 billion. 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