The ports of Montreal, Quebec and Trois-Rivières have announced their participation in the federal government’s Net-Zero Challenge.
This voluntary initiative, launched in August 2022 by the Minister for Environment and Climate Change, aims to encourage organizations to develop and implement credible plans to achieve carbon neutrality in their facilities and operations by 2050.
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The announcement was made during Quebec’s marine sector conference, Asises québécoises du secteur maritime 2023, held at the Lévis Convention Centre.
Representatives from the Montreal Port Authority (MPA), the Québec Port Authority and the Trois-Rivières Port Authority made the joint statement.
The collaboration of these three ports is a joint effort to advance the decarbonization of maritime transport along the St. Lawrence River Corridor.
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According to the port authorities, this commitment to the Net-Zero Challenge demonstrates their commitment to sustainable development and is an example of the promising ongoing projects to establish a green shipping corridor.
In 2022, the Ports of Montreal, Québec and Trois-Rivières cemented their partnership through a collaboration agreement spanning multiple areas such as communications, innovation, environmental initiatives, ship operations and asset management.
The decision to participate in the Net-Zero Challenge builds on this foundation of shared goals and represents a common front in tackling the challenges of climate change and reducing emissions in the maritime sector.
In early June 2022, the Port of Québec signed a contract to benefit from RightShip’s greenhouse gas (GHG) assessment tool to reduce carbon emissions.
Most recently, in April, multiple cyber attacks occurred in several ports in Canada, although cargo continued to be moved.
The Port of Halifax in Nova Scotia, as well as the ports of Montreal and Québec, were hit by a “denial of service” attack, flooding their websites with traffic and causing it to crash.
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