Prince Rupert Northern Review:
A lot of marine shipping know-how is already firmly rooted in Prince Rupert, but a visit from one of the province’s foremost experts on the subject provided Rupert community and business leaders with some new ideas to chew on as the industry evolves along the North Coast.
Dr. Richard Wiefelspuett presented an introduction to the Clear Seas Centre for Responsible Marine Shipping (Clear Seas) initiative at a Prince Rupert and District Chamber of Commerce event in late November at the Port Interpretive Centre.
Clear Seas, a fairly new, not-for-profit organization that provides unbiased research that informs the public and policy makers about marine shipping in Canada, is just taking its first steps in becoming one of the country’s premier think-tanks on the topic of safe and responsible marine shipping – on B.C.’s North Coast, Canada’s waterways, the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence seaway and the east coast.
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