Heavy equipment at one Metro Vancouver’s biggest container ports is now running on fully renewable fuel.

Global Container Terminals Inc. announced Thursday that renewable fuels at GCT’s Vanterm terminal have replaced diesel across heavy-duty equipment like container handlers, said vice-president of public affairs Marko Dekovic.

The initiative started as a pilot in August 2024 and ramped up progressively to this point, he said. Light duty vehicles like pickup trucks at Vanterm were already running on propane at that time, and are now being electrified, said Dekovic.

Vanterm achieved a 68 per cent reduction in emissions in the last quarter of 2024 since the transition began, said Dekovic.

The fuel that’s now being used is hydrogenation-derived renewable diesel (HDRD). This is fuel is pro

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