To discuss what the shipping industry is doing to meet these concerns, issues, and regulations, we invited the President of the Chamber of Shipping, Robert Lewis-Manning, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about protecting our coastal waters.

When it comes to shipping safety on the West Coast and in Canada, the numbers speak for themselves. That is according to Robert Lewis-Manning, the President of the Chamber of Shipping in BC, on the state of the industry in the coastal waters of British Columbia.

“We have the most complex port environment.” That is what Port Metro Vancouver's Peter Xotta hears from shippers from around the world about Vancouver’s port.

Kevin Obermeyer, CEO of Pacific Pilotage Authority Canada, says oil has been shipped on the coast of BC for more than 50 years without incident.