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Vancouver, B.C., June 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is proud to celebrate this year’s Blue Circle Awards recipients for their environmental leadership and success enabling Canada to move trade while protecting the environment.
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The annual Blue Circle Awards recognize Port of Vancouver terminals, tenants, marine operators, and cruise and shipping lines for their work reducing air emissions and underwater noise, and conserving energy. Reducing underwater noise from ships calling the port is a key initiative to help protect at-risk whales in local waters.
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“Those operating at the Port of Vancouver are showing that growing trade and environmental leadership can go hand in hand,” said Peter Xotta, President and CEO of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority. “Our Blue Circle Awards recognize port partners who are embracing environmentally responsible trade and driving real progress. The work the port community is pioneering today to move more goods and people in a more sustainable way will benefit us all for generations to come.”
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This year’s Blue Circle Awards include:
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- 12 terminals and tenants recognized for conserving energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, including electrification of terminal equipment, switching vehicles to EVs and replacing lights with lower-energy LEDs.
- 10 cruise and shipping lines, and five coastal marine operators recognized for measures to reduce emissions and underwater noise, such as connecting to shore power, using alternative fuels and technologies like wind propulsion and battery-electric power, or installing propeller technologies that reduce underwater noise.
- Two organizations received a Special Mention for demonstrating early adoption of innovative actions or technologies:
- BC Ferries, for adopting a propulsion system that reduces underwater-radiated noise at slow speeds as part of fleet replacement work.
- Princess Cruises, for collaborating with the port authority to measure underwater-radiated noise reduction benefits of a new air lubrication system its ships have adopted to reduce air emissions and improve fuel efficiency.
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The Blue Circle Awards were launched in 2009 and recognize Port of Vancouver operators and customers with the highest participation in the port authority’s EcoAction and Energy Action programs.
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The EcoAction Program rewards shipping and cruise lines, and marine operators for taking measures to reduce their environmental footprint. Almost one-third of eligible calls to the Port of Vancouver qualify each year and receive harbour dues discounts for measures that reduce greenhouse gas and air contaminant emissions, and underwater noise.
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The Energy Action Program, run in partnership with BC Hydro, helps terminal operators and port tenants advance energy management projects, including supporting work to switch equipment from fossil fuels to electric, generate on-site renewable electricity, and better manage facility electrical load using battery storage systems. The program has helped implement more than 100 energy management projects across port lands to date—saving more than 144 gigawatt-hours of electrical energy (enough to power more than 16,600 houses a year).
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