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The Canadian government recently announced plans to provide $2.5 million for the Prince Rupert Port Authority’s (PRPA) Fairview Terminal shore power capacity project, which calls for providing shore power to container ships through an electric cable management system.

One of several ecoFREIGHT initiatives launched through the government in 2007, the project calls for establishing electrical connections through a dock connector pit and creating a cable management system. To be completed by early 2011, the project is expected to reduce local greenhouse-gas emissions by enabling container ships to shut down their engines and connect to the Port of Prince Rupert’s electrical grid while docked.

Transport Canada will provide $1.8 million for the project through the Marine Shore Power Program. In addition, the PRPA and its partners CN and Maher Terminals will provide $900,000; Western Economic Diversification Canada  will contribute $700,000; and the British Columbia government will fund $200,000.