{"id":151873,"date":"2023-04-21T16:53:03","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T20:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=151873"},"modified":"2023-05-05T16:53:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T20:53:17","slug":"bc-introduces-integrated-marketplace-initiative-in-prince-rupert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/bc-introduces-integrated-marketplace-initiative-in-prince-rupert\/","title":{"rendered":"BC introduces Integrated Marketplace Initiative in Prince Rupert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Port of Prince Rupert has partnered with the province in an effort to become Canada\u2019s greenest port.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Through the new Integrated Marketplace Initiative, the port will be able to access domestic, innovative equipment and technology in an effort to reduce emissions and optimize operations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CEO of the Prince Rupert Port Authority Shaun Stevenson said that one area of focus will be working with their biggest trucking partner Gat Leedm.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt is going to be the focus of a lot of the innovation we\u2019re looking at around decarbonization and testing out electric trucks and looking at alternate fuel sources.\u201d, Stevenson said of the solely indigenous-owned business.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Integrated Marketplace is built upon collaboration but its major principle is inclusivity as well as green growth, and we\u2019re very very pleased that we\u2019ve been working with Gat Leedm from the very beginning.\u201d Gerri Sinclair, BC innovation commissioner said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other key focus points within the initiative include data and processing improvements to support supply chain capacity, telematics and digitization of the port, improving port design and infrastructure, and reducing emissions from idling vehicles and equipment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First announced in December 2022, Vancouver International Airport is the only other partner under the initiative so far, which works with an $11.5 million investment from the province.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to the CFNR story below:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Port of Prince Rupert has partnered with the province in an effort to become Canada\u2019s greenest port.\u00a0 Through the new Integrated Marketplace Initiative, the port will be able to access domestic, innovative equipment and technology in an effort to reduce emissions and optimize operations.\u00a0 CEO of the Prince Rupert Port Authority Shaun Stevenson said&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":151912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[217,2602],"tags":[488,20870,25773,19700],"radio":[13054],"origine":[280,13049,231],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151873"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151873"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152299,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151873\/revisions\/152299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151873"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=151873"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=151873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}