Fuel Receiving Facility Overview
The Fuel Receiving Facility is located on industrial zoned, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority land adjacent to the Marine Terminal.
The facility includes six steel above-ground storage tanks with a total capacity of eighty million litres.
A 500-metre-long underground pipeline transfers offloaded aviation fuel from the marine terminal to the storage tanks.
The facility
- Complies with both federal and provincial storage tank regulations
- Was built to modern storage tank and seismic design requirements
- Provides secondary containment features for all fuel storage and handling areas
- Incorporates emissions control systems
- Incorporates modern corrosion protection, leak detection and flow control systems
- Is automated, monitored 24/7 and electronically safeguarded through electronic video surveillance
- Is controlled and monitored by on-site operations personnel during all offloading, fuel transfer and fuel handling activities
- The facility is protected from fire with a state-of-the-art detection and suppression system including tank cooling water and foam injection
