That's the problem. The waters are very narrow. Winter storms race up through these waters, and there is no ability for the port of Vancouver or anybody to have continuous monitoring of them. The Coast Guard has told me that, if it swings on an anchor drag outside of its swing radius, which has been mapped, some bells will go off and they will call the ship's agent. Don't you think that's a little late?
What happened right next to me in Plumper Sound, right in front of me.... I was home that day. We looked out to see two vessels that had collided. Those were the vessels in 2020. As a result of that, the marine transportation safety investigation report stated that there were, “Between January 2015 and March 2020, a total of 102 dragging...occurrences along the BC coastline”.
We were lucky. We dodged a bullet. Back in 2009, the Hebei Lion grounded on a reef in the Navy Channel, just up the water from where I live. The only reason that did not create a spill at the time was that there was a rising tide, and they were able to float it off beforehand.
Since then, there have been more and more incidents. If you check the Pacific Pilotage Authority, they have to send a pilot out to reposition a vessel when it goes outside of its swing radius. That's happened numerous times, and it's ever-increasing. That is our huge worry.