Prince Rupert Gateway partners in BC celebrate sustainability milestone with renewable diesel
- Prince Rupert Port Authority
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The Prince Rupert Port Authority in British Columbia, Canada, and 13 Prince Rupert Gateway partners teamed up in 2025 to reduce greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions from port operations by replacing more than 2 million liters (528,344 gallons) of conventional diesel with Petro-Canada EcoDiesel™.
Petro-Canada EcoDiesel produces roughly 67 percent less GHGs over its lifecycle than conventional diesel, based on B.C.’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard, supporting the PRPA’s renewable diesel initiative.
Participating Gateway partners opted to use the drop-in fuel made from renewable feedstocks for a wide variety of purposes, including on-dock cargo handling equipment, drayage trucks, locomotives, tugs, and pilot and patrol vessels.
Collaborating with supplier Suncor, owner of Petro-Canada™, and distributor Jepson Petroleum, PRPA secured a consistent supply of Petro-Canada EcoDiesel for use port wide.
Terminal operators and service providers, operating on both land and water, collectively displaced nearly 24 percent of the 8.42 million liters (2.2 million gallons) of conventional diesel consumed in port operations annually.
In addition to PRPA, organizations contributing to the milestone at the Port of Prince Rupert included:
AltaGas.
DP World.
Drax.
Gat Leedm Logistics.
IntermodeX.
Jepson Petroleum.
Pacific Pilotage Authority.
Pembina.
Prince Rupert Grain.
Ray-Mont Logistics.
SAAM Towage.
Tidal Transport and Trading.
Trigon Pacific Terminals.
“The outstanding collaboration and widespread adoption of renewable diesel across a diverse range of port users and terminals drastically accelerates the Port of Prince Rupert’s progress toward meeting our target of reducing carbon intensity in the local airshed by 30 percent by 2030 and becoming carbon neutral by 2050,” said Shaun Stevenson, the president and CEO of the Prince Rupert Port Authority.
Doug Smith, the CEO of DP World Canada, added, “As the largest consumer of Petro-Canada EcoDiesel at the Port of Prince Rupert, DP World is proud to be playing a leading role in converting to lower-emissions fuels to power our operations and mitigate the impact of terminal activity on the environment.”
John Wilson, the CEO of Pacific Pilotage Authority, said, “Having this dependable source of renewable diesel supports the sustainability of our 24/7 operations, enabling pilot vessels to significantly reduce GHG emissions on each trip.”
Craig Olley, the president of Trigon Pacific Terminals, said, “At Trigon Pacific Terminals, reducing emissions from our operations remains a top priority. Our transition to renewable diesel is a critical step in that journey, replacing more than 100,000 liters (26,417 gallons) of conventional diesel. This progress reflects our commitment to continuous improvement and the positive impact we’re making on our local community, port and broader region.”
Quick facts:
Petro-Canada EcoDiesel is a lower carbon-intensity drop-in fuel with the same high performance as conventional diesel that can integrate easily into standard diesel engines.
Petro-Canada EcoDiesel is made with hydrogenation-derived synthetic hydrocarbons. By refining renewable feedstocks through a process called hydrotreating, the renewable feedstocks are upgraded to diesel-fuel quality.
With a comparable chemical composition to conventional diesel, no retrofitting or equipment upgrades are required for diesel engines to switch to Petro-Canada EcoDiesel.
PRPA first introduced the renewable diesel initiative in Prince Rupert in 2024.
