Pipelines, energy and natural resources

[suffolkowner]

can we bypass the tanker ban area and come out further north?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1994199336427630743

 

[MilEME09]

can we bypass the tanker ban area and come out further north?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1994199336427630743

chatGBT is useless for this but considering all the dedging etc that has occured over the last 50 years, plus water levels rising an average of 2-3mm a year since 1970. I would be interested to compare water depth and the challenges of navigating the area now compared to when the tanker moratorium was put in in the 70s

 

[Kirkhill]

can we bypass the tanker ban area and come out further north?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1994199336427630743

Canada says that the ban extends all the way up to the border with the US.

Fly in the ointment.

The US and Canada disagree on the location of the border.

My reiver ancestors would perceive an opportunity there. When pursued by Canadians in disputed waters - Americans pro tem. When pursued by Americans in disputed waters - Canadian pro tem.

The locals add another wrinkle - in the absence of treaties then natives from land claimed by Canada can declare none of the above.

https://www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/article/pii/S1195103624002301

Check out the map about halfway down the article.

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Eagle Spirit came up with a pair of routes.

Lax Kw'alaams through the disputed waters to the Ocean
Down the Portland Canal from Stewart, BC - Hyder, AK and then to the Ocean via disputed waters.

The Haida, having secured their land to the low water mark are still trying to claim the Dixon waters as theirs.

You couldn't tie up a tanker in Stewart or Hyder due to shallow water.
But, it seems to me, you could run a pipeline out to a buoy floating in deep water and create an offshore transfer station to fill tankers.