No Freighter Anchorages! |
2024 June 27th - Times Colonist - Daytime anchorage arrival now protocol for freighters in Southern Gulf Islands |
Checks anchorages every hour, last checked January 17 at 9:11 pm |
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| The number of ships currently at each anchorage zone is shown next to the clickable zone button. Zoom and drag like any other Google Map, hover over or click on a ship for details and a photo. |
| 1 |  Pink | Freighter expected. |
| 0 |  Green | En route. |
| 4 |  White | New in the last 24 hours. |
| 3 |  Blue | Less than 1 week. |
| 2 |  Gold | 1 to 2 weeks. |
| 0 |  Red | More than 2 weeks. |
| 0 |  Purple | Big annoyance, over 3 weeks. |
|   Underway | |||||||||
| Date | Days | Zone | Anchor | Photo | Ship | Type | Length | Agency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departing Jan 18   10:00 am | 5 | Cowichan Bay | D | ARGO WIND | Bulk | 229 | Ben Line | ||
| Expected Jan 18 | Captains Pass | 2 | GEMINI | Bulk | 190 | Navitrans | |||
| Departed Jan 17   5:09 pm | 11 | Captain Pass | 1 | SARIKA NAREE | Bulk | 199 | Colley West | ||
|   At Anchor | ||||||||||
| Arrived | Days | Zone | Anchor | Swing | Photo | Ship | Type | Length | Agency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17 | 3:35 am | 0 | Cowichan Bay | E | 4 | SEAGULL | Bulk | 196 | Colley West | |
| Jan 17 | 1:40 am | 0 | Cowichan Bay | A | 3 | ELLINA | Bulk | 229 | Colley West | |
| Jan 17 | 1:30 am | 0 | Cowichan Bay | C | 3 | THYME | Bulk | 229 | Trans-Oceanic | |
| Jan 17 | 0:15 am | 0 | Plumper Sound | B | 6 | NORDIC SIKU | Bulk | 229 | LBH | |
| Jan 13 | 5:20 pm | 4 | Ladysmith | A | -1 | STORMHARBOUR | Bulk | 225 | Mason | |
| Departing Jan 18   10:00 am | 5 | Cowichan Bay | D | 7 | ARGO WIND | Bulk | 229 | Ben Line | ||
| Jan 11 | 9:35 pm | 5 | Cowichan Bay | F | 6 | HARVEST TIME | Bulk | 237 | LBH | |
| Jan 10 | 6:35 pm | 7 | Ladysmith | D | 5 | HSL ATHENS | Bulk | 229 | LBH | |
| Jan 10 | 5:48 am | 7 | Trincomali | 8 | 7 | PONT ROUGE | Bulk | 239 | LBH | |
| Ship Agency | Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| ACGI SHIPPING | (604) 891-7448 (24 Hours) | |
| BEN LINE AGENCIES | (604) 484-8001 | vancouver.ops@benline.com |
| COLLEY WEST SHIPPING | (604) 687-3733 | colley@colleywest.bc.ca |
| GFY MARINE GROUP | (604) 985-5938 | http://www.gfygroup.com/Contact.html |
| LBH SHIPPING CANADA | (604) 599-8103 | info@lbhcanada.com |
| MASON AGENCY | (604) 689-8628 | masonagency@bcshipping.ca |
| MONTSHIP | 1-800-663-0274 | |
| NAVITRANS SHIPPING AGENCY | (604) 689-9555 (24 Hours) | Ops@Navwest.com |
| NORTON LILLY INTERNATIONAL | (604) 640-7497 | van-ops@nortonlilly.com |
| PACIFIC NORTHWEST SHIP & CARGO SERVICES | (604) 924-1830 (24 Hours) | van-ops@nortonlilly.com |
| SINO STAR MANAGEMENT | (604) 243-8555 | sinostarmgt@gmail.com |
| TRANS-OCEANIC SHIPPING | (604) 684-2388 | |
| WHEELHOUSE SHIPPING AGENCY | (604) 891-5555 (24 Hours) | office@wheelhouseshipping.com |
| WILHELMSEN PORT SERVICE INC. | (604) 434-7447 (24 hours) | wss-van-shipsagency@wilhelmsen.com |
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The South Coast Ship Watch Alliance
The South Coast Ship Watch Alliance is a coalition of community groups in the Southern Gulf Islands, Cowichan Bay,
Ladysmith and Saltair. Environmentalists, concerned citizens, home owners and residents with a purpose to sound
the alarm about bulk freighters anchoring in local waterways and the many negative impacts they are having on
our environment, our homes and our communities.
Mission is to push government, industry and the Port of Vancouver to find solutions that will stop the use of
Southern Gulf Island waterways as a free parking lot for bulk freighters bound for Vancouver terminals.
The South Coast Ship Watch Alliance members are:
- Anchorages Concern Thetis
- Cowichan Bay Ship Watch Society
- DeCourcy Anchorage Watch
- Freighter Free Chemainus
- Gabriolans Against Freighter Anchorages Society
- Ladysmith Anchorage Watch
- Plumper Sound Protection Association
- Ruxton Anchorage Watch
- Salt Spring Island: Protect The Islands Sea (PTIS)
- Valdes Island Conservancy

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