Vopak Pacific Canada Project Nets Key Environmental Determination

Vopak Pacific Canada Project Nets Key Environmental Determination

Vopak Development Canada Inc., which is looking into building and operating a bulk liquids storage facility on Ridley Island (an area governed by the Prince Rupert Port Authority), reached a major milestone in its federal environmental impact review. The port authority, along with Environment and Climate Change Canada and Transport Canada “have determined … that the Vopak Pacific Canada Project is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects,” the port said in a Nov. 28 statement. The determination was made according to the requirements outlined in Section 67 of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 and Section 82 of…
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Port of LA Seeks Feedback on Berth Improvement Project

Port of LA Seeks Feedback on Berth Improvement Project

The Port of Los Angeles is asking the public to weigh in on a wharf improvement project at the Vopak-operated liquid bulk terminal located at berths 187-191 in Wilmington, California. The port recently released a Notice of Preparation/Initial Study of the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the project, which calls for improving liquid bulk terminal wharves at Berths 187-190 to be in compliance with Marine Oil Terminal Engineering and Maintenance Standards, as well as repairing and making structural upgrades to the Berth 191 wharf to resume maritime cement operations, according to the port. The project also involves possibly issuing a…
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