Canada's largest port okays US$15m coal transfer project

[LONDON] Port Metro Vancouver, Canada's largest port, said that it has approved a new facility to transfer coal from trains onto barges at Fraser Surrey Docks, following lengthy public scrutiny of the project's environmental and health impact.

After a permitting process lasting more than two years and including environmental impact, air quality and other human health assessments, the port said that it found no "unacceptable risk…