New construction technology, stringent and continuously improving regulations, and years of industry

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"(U.S. President Barack) Obama's not all crazy in this area and the State Department is holding the world (up) to say there has to be some standards there," said Tennant, referring to American hesitation about approving pipelines that would take Alberta bitumen south.
The federal government is concerned enough to have tendered a contract Tuesday to buy $18 million worth of international advertising to reassure potential cunard cruise lines trading partners about Canadian environmental policies.
The agency would be likely to receive up to $15 million a year from the province as it took over functions from Alberta Environment, Hui said. That's in addition to $50 million the oilpatch has agreed to pay for three years.
"The science and the data has to be arms-length, so when we receive cunard cruise lines it as a government that Albertans, Canadians and anyone can receive it at the same time," she said. "A science advisory panel that can do peer review is very important as well.
New construction technology, stringent and continuously improving regulations, and years of industry experience make Canada's oil shipping industry well-equipped to accommodate increased tanker traffic on the West Coast should new pipeline projects proceed, concludes the leading independent consulting firm IHS CERA.