Project Benefits

The benefits of a new delivery system using marine and pipeline delivery are significant:

• A reliable and secure long-term fuel supply
  The new system will be able to reliably meet the future needs of YVR with increased capacity from a greater number of fuel sources. This project will be able to supply YVR’s fuel needs for the next 60 to 100 years.

• An environmentally responsible fuel delivery system
  All aspects of our operations will follow best practices and meet the most rigorous environmental and safety standards.
• Safer roads
  Taking tanker trucks off the road will enhance public safety. The potential of up to 200 trucks on our streets, each travelling 150 kilometres a day, is a significant safety concern that the project will eliminate.
• Less traffic congestion
  Eliminating the need for tanker truck deliveries will reduce congestion on our crowded highways and roads, and lessen the wear and tear on our infrastructure.
• Cleaner air
  Truck deliveries produce significant greenhouse gas and other environmental emissions compared with bulk transport modes, such as pipelines and marine vessels. Eliminating tanker truck traffic will reduce harmful air pollutants.
• A smaller environmental footprint
  The marine terminal will allow larger, less frequent deliveries of aviation fuel.  Combined with a shorter pipeline and the elimination of tanker trucks, the project will have a comparatively smaller environmental footprint.
• Keeping jobs and economic benefits at YVR
  Dependable, diverse, viable and competitive offshore fuel supply sources mean that YVR will remain a “gateway of choice” for airlines over other West Coast airports. That means continued jobs and economic benefits for our community, our region and our province.