Prince Rupert Port Authority recognized 5 recipients for 2025 Green Wave Award for sustainable practices

The Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) is honoring five companies for their outstanding participation in the Green Wave program.
The recipients of the 2025 Green Wave Award are COSCO, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), Maersk, Navigator Gas LLC, and BC Ferries.

PRPA also recognizes a record 11 individual vessels for using underwater noise mitigation technology, including: LPG vessels BOREAL VOYAGER, HLS DIAMOND, CONTINENTAL, CONCORDE, bulk carriers KIAN, MARAN ARGONAUT, SUNSHINE BLISS, XENIA, and container ships YM PLUM, YM UNIFORM, and MAERSK STEPNICA.

The Green Wave program launched in 2013 and incentivizes shipping companies to implement emission-reduction measures or install other sustainable technologies on vessels. PRPA provides reduced harbour dues based on a vessel’s compliance with environmental standards from RightShip, Green Marine, the Environmental Ship Index, the Green Award, Clean Shipping Index, the Energy Efficiency Design Index and more.

“The Green Wave program reflects our commitment to working alongside industry partners to advance sustainability,” said Kurt Slocombe, President and CEO, Prince Rupert Port Authority. “By recognizing and rewarding vessels that invest in cleaner technologies and environmental performance, we are helping drive meaningful change across the marine sector.”

In addition to the Green Wave program, PRPA demonstrates an ongoing commitment to sustainability by offering shore power at Fairview Terminal, which allows vessels to plug in and use electricity instead of engines, enforcing a no-idling policy for container trucks entering Fairview Terminal, and using lower-emitting renewable diesel fuel and battery-electric class trucks in Port operations.

QUICK FACTS:

• 299 vessel calls met the strict criteria to qualify for the Green Wave program in 2025, and 174 individual vessels qualified.
• In 2025, vessels using shore power saved 130.1 tonnes of GHGs.
• 47 per cent of calls qualified for Green Wave and 56 per cent of qualifying vessels had above-average carbon efficiency.