The BCMEA represents companies involved in waterfront operations on the Canadian West Coast. It provides labour relations, training and other related services to member companies. The BCMEA Portal Website provides entry point for all users and allows access into
various secured web sites.
The Waterfront Occupational Health and Safety System ('WOHSS') pertains to accidents and injuries which occur to waterfront employees. Login
About the BCMEA
The About section provides information about the structure of the BC Maritime Employers association.
It includes information and resources regarding various BCMEA departments
as well as the BCMEA's member companies.
The Despatch Information section provides forecast and real-time information about the work opportunities for the upcoming shifts for the ports of Vancouver and Squamish.
The Health and Safety department staff are responsible for the promotion of health and safety in the longshore industry and ensuring that awareness and concern for health and safety is inherent in all work activities. This section includes information and resources pertaining to occupational health and safety in the waterfront.
The Training Department staff, member company personnel and members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) work together to develop and deliver a wide array of training programs to the shipping and cargo handling industry in the Province of British Columbia. This section includes resources and materials pertaining to the training programs and processes offered through the BCMEA training department.
The Ministry has advised that a temporary exemption order from the Marine Security Clearance Program regulations will be issued and will be effective until the third week in February 2008.
The Province reports that at a Transport Canada hearing in Vancouver on January 8, 2004, BCMEA chair Tim Chapman calls on Ottawa to provide federal funding to help the Canadian maritime industry implement increased security measures.
In an open letter in the National Post, BCMEA Chair Tim Chapman calls on Ottawa to commit federal funding to help Canadian maritime operators implement new security code regulations.
The Vancouver Province brings attention to the port security issue. Similar stories were also seen in the Victoria Times Colonist and the Nanaimo Daily News.
Effective October 14, 2003, all longshore employees will be required to be in possesion of their Port ID cards to enter the terminal. Entrances to the terminal will be equipped with scanners that will require valid Port ID cards for entrance.
Also, private vehicles will no longer be permiited entrance into the terminal.
Cruise ship numbers drop 19% First fall in industry in 21 years blamed on competition from Seattle, San Francisco A steep drop in Vancouver's valuable cruise ship business and other factors - including forest fire devastation - continue to dampen the outlook for B.C.'s tourism sector. For the first time in 21 years, the Port of Vancouver's cruise ship sector has declined, said Vancouver Port Authority spokeswoman Katherine Bamford.
Chinese trade booms at Vancouver port: Expansion has made Asian tiger its top partner, annual report says The rapid expansion of the economy in China has made it the Port of Vancouver's top trading partner, according to the Vancouver Port Authority's annual report. China ranks first in containers and second behind Japan in bulk commodities, the port states. For the first time last year, full import containers exceeded exports.
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