Tag Archives: Canada Foreign Trade

Rivers & Oceans, Transportation

Rupert’s new floating fuel terminal makes its first on-water delivery

By Radha Agarwal, Prince Rupert Northern View, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

September marked the debut of Prince Rupert’s floating Wolverine Terminals energy terminal, which delivered fuel to a cargo ship called Belatlantic.

Belatlantic is 199.9-metre by 32.39-metre bulk carrier sailing under the flag of Norway. It arrived from China, was fuelled up at the Wolverine terminal, and was loaded with Canadian wheat to be sold in international markets.

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Forests

Leaked letter puts focus on Canada’s forestry trade priorities ahead of COP15

By Natasha Bulowski, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Canada supports the goals of the European Union’s forestry trade rules, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says, after a leaked letter recently revealed the country’s efforts to water down proposed EU regulations right before the United Nations’ global biodiversity conference kicks off in Montreal.

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