Marine Shipping Research - Currently In Progress
We facilitate research to identify best practices for safe and sustainable marine shipping in Canada. The following research projects are in progress and will be available shortly.
October 13, 2023
Technology Implications for Ship Pilotage
Clear Seas is undertaking a study to understand the role and impacts of technology on pilotage in Canadian waters.
September 6, 2023
Mapping Canadian Maritime Industry Initiatives to UN Sustainable Development Goals
Clear Seas is mapping the Canadian maritime industry’s contributions toward achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to identify areas of greatest potential impact.
June 30, 2023
Technology Options for Environmental Impact Reduction in Shipping
Clear Seas is undertaking a study to understand what environmental impact reduction technologies are available for ships and how to select them.
Clear Seas
September 6, 2022
Mapping Marine Traffic: Providing Canada’s Coastal Communities with Tools to Understand Shipping and its Risks
Clear Seas is undertaking a project to illustrate the state of marine shipping in Canada and enable communities to better express their concerns about the risks relating to shipping.
University of British Columbia,
National Research Council Canada
Pathways to
Clear Seas is undertaking a project to evaluate the potential contribution of different technologies to reduce the overall environmental impacts of marine shipping.
National Research Council Canada
June 1, 2022
Pathways to
Zero-Impact Shipping
Clear Seas is undertaking a project to evaluate the potential contribution of different technologies to reduce the overall environmental impacts of marine shipping. 
University of British Columbia,
Transport Canada
Transport Canada
May 24, 2022
Smart Adaptive Solutions to Underwater Noise from Ships
Clear Seas is undertaking a project to help demonstrate the feasibility of smart adaptive technologies to reduce the impact of underwater noise from ships on marine mammals.
Clear Seas
March 1, 2021
Marine Transportation Corridors
Clear Seas undertook a multifaceted analysis to illustrate risks related to marine shipping activities and to assist in marine spatial planning on Canada’s Pacific coast.
University of British Columbia
December 17, 2020
Decarbonizing Marine Shipping: Air Quality Co-Benefits for Coastal Communities
In collaboration with Clear Seas and funded by MEOPAR, a team led by researcher Dr. Amanda Giang at the University of British Columbia is undertaking a project to assess how decarbonization of marine shipping can provide air quality co-benefits to coastal communities.
Ocean Networks Canada
August 24, 2017