The port currently uses diesel harbor cranes to move tall and heavy cargo, including the 80-meter wind turbine blades that regularly unload in Vancouver.
The new cranes will increase the port’s lift capacity and expand cargo-handling capabilities while also replacing the current diesel-powered equipment.
Crews began replacing the century-old dock at Terminal 1 in 2023. The yearslong process will include the construction of a new public market and the return of river cruises to the Port of Vancouver, according to the port.
Installing shore power at Terminal 1 will allow cruise ships to turn off diesel powered generators, reducing emissions while docked in downtown Vancouver.
The port will begin purchasing the new equipment in 2025.
“We’re grateful to the U.S. EPA and Senators Murray and Cantwell for creating and funding the Clean Ports Program that’s empowering ports like ours to accelerate a transformation to clean energy equipment and infrastructure,” Marler said in the statement.
Vancouver’s port started implementing its climate plan in 2021.
The ports of Anacortes, Bellingham, Port Angeles, Seattle and the Northwest Seaport Alliance at the Port of Tacoma also received grants.
