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LNG & Marine Shipping: LNG ships are made with many safety features. These include insulated tanks and double hulls. The LNG tanks can be rectangular or round, spherical in modern LNG carriers.

The lifecycle of LNG involves extraction from the ground, removal of impurities and gases and then it is shipped through a pipeline to a liquefaction facility and stored in an LNG tank for shipping. It’s processed upon arrival.

Canadians place a high level of importance on marine shipping and a majortiy believe it is a safe way of transporting goods. The survey by Angus Reid provides an important benchmark on Canadians’ opinion on marine commerce.

A public opinion poll in 2018 comparing what Canadians think about marine shipping and how their opinions have changed since 2016.

A narrow majority of Canadians support expanded oil tanker traffic in Bay of Fundy and along BC south coast. Their top concerns about shipping safety are potential oil spills, fuel spills and endangering marine life.

Canadians ranked port and harbour authorities as doing the best job to ensure safe shipping in Canada. Public thinks shipping companies are doing next best job followed by government agencies.

Without marine shipping Canada would be a different place economically. Marine shipping opens up Canada’s markets to the world.

Essentially, any product or item in your life or house that came from outside of North America was probably transported by a ship.

There are three regions in Canada that are considered critical habitat for whales that overlap major shipping hubs in Canada. This includes the Pacific Coast and the Salish Sea as well as the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Bay of Fundy.

There are many primary sources of underwater noise that affect marine mammals including commercial vessels, cracking ice, surface waves, earthquakes, marine life, storms, rain, pile driving, sonar, recreational vessels, seismic survey, snowmobiles, sonar and hydrothermal vents.