"Port Cancels Coal Transfer Facility at Fraser Surrey Docks"

"A contentious coal facility planned at Fraser Surrey Docks has been scuttled by the Port of Vancouver.

A posting on the port’s website states it has “cancelled project permit No. 2012-072-01, previously issued to Fraser Surrey Docks LP (FSD) to develop a direct transfer coal facility at FSD.”

In 2014, the port approved a plan for coal to be loaded onto barges for transport to Texada Island on to ships bound for Asia. The project was amended in 2015 to allow for direct loading onto ocean-going ships in the Fraser River."

Larry Pynn reports for the Tyee February 1, 2019.