Vancouver port sues two marine businesses for oil spill damages

The operator of B.C.’s largest port wants two companies operating on foreshore lands to pay for damages for an oil spill as well as orders that a lease has expired and the two are trespassing.

Vancouver Fraser Port Authority filed a notice of civil claim against Canadian Industrial Development Corporation (CIDC) and Perimeter Construction Ltd., both with offices in Langley, April 9 in B.C. Supreme Court.

The suit revolves around foreshore and Fraser River lands in Delta, which the claim said the port manages.

The claim said CIDC leased the property March 31, 2013 to Feb. 28, 2018 but remained using it on a month-to-month basis. Perimeter, the claim said,

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