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Trans Mountain’s Westridge Marine Terminal
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ith the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project (Expansion Project) now well underway, the West Coast marine terminal for the pipeline — Westridge Marine Terminal — is also making great progress toward completion and feels the time is right to join with ports around the Pacific Rim. “As our new terminal comes to fruition, we see great opportunities to expand our perspective beyond Burnaby/Vancouver and become part of the larger ports’ community,” said Bikramjit Kanjilal, Director of Burnaby and Westridge Terminals, Trans Mountain. “We look forward to learning about the best practices and the innovations of other jurisdictions and we are pleased to share our own experiences.” And given the nineyear process of the Expansion Project, Kanjilal and his team will have many insights that could prove useful for APP members.
It would be impossible to provide a worthy summary of the entire journey the Expansion Project has followed with just a few short words affordable in this news release. The twists and turns of the approval process saw a four-year public consultation and regulatory review with the Government of Canada; the launch of legal appeals from First Nations, municipalities, and environmental groups; a shut down followed by a reconsideration process from Canada’s National Energy Board (now the Canada Energy Regulator); the purchase of Kinder Morgan’s interests by the Canadian Government, and other challenges that have been overcome
in multiple jurisdictions as the linear infrastructure project is under construction in Alberta and BC. It’s a fascinating story and we encourage you to read more about the process at www.transmountain.com. To match the increased capacity that comes with the pipeline expansion, the Westridge Marine Terminal expansion includes a new dock complex with three berths (increased from one), a utility dock to moor tugs, boom boats and emergency response vessels, additional delivery pipelines and an extension of the land along the shoreline to accommodate new equipment. “At this point, we are making great progress in
Expansion of the Westridge Marine Terminal includes a new dock complex with three berths to accommodate the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project. 44 — PACIFIC PORTS — September 2021
