Clear Seas produces marine-traffic and risk research for public planning. Its June 26, 2026 Salish Sea study covers 71 commercial anchorages using 2016–2025 pilotage movements, connecting vessel waiting with terminal calls, commodities and transport constraints. Trips and anchorage time are reconstructed from operational records; commodity is inferred and average waiting time is conditional on anchoring.
Its September 2026 national ETV assessment combines a vessel database and operator engagement to examine emergency-towing capacity and contracting options. The reported fleet locations date to August 2025 and do not promise present availability. Future-pilotage concepts and St. Lawrence–Great Lakes traffic scenarios are separate research underway, with implementation decisions held by operators and authorities.
Technical detail
Core features
Retrospective analysis of 71 Salish Sea anchorages across 2016–2025
Trip reconstruction, conditional waiting-time analysis and terminal-based commodity interpretation
Emergency-towing vessel and market assessment, with explicit inventory dates
Research into future pilotage/traffic management and regional traffic scenarios
Marine traffic
Anchorage analysis
Emergency towing research
Scenario analysis
Use & integration
Recorded applications
Anchorage management and port-system planning
Evidence for emergency-towing preparedness and marine-capacity planning
These describe the reviewed application scope, not confirmed deployments, released requirements or procurement eligibility.
Evidence of maturity
Completed anchorage and ETV reports; future navigation and traffic-forecast studies remain research. No operational traffic-control or towing service is established.
Commercial availability
Public reports are available. Data reuse, commissioned work and implementation responsibilities require project-specific agreement.
Integration and verification
Readiness
A technology readiness level is not established by the reviewed public sources.
Reviewed connections
No reviewed Mission area or released Defence need connection is currently published.
Original sources 9 linked records
These records support this capability and its published Mission area and Defence need connections. A source count is not a count of independent confirmations.
Anchorage time is inferred between the preceding movement's last pilot disembarkation and the following movement's first ordered pilot, within reconstructed trips. Commodity is inferred from terminal calls, checked against other sources. Average wait times apply only to trips using anchorages; records were not originally designed as anchorage observations.
Supports: Capability · core features
The anchorage study covers 71 sites: 20 English Bay, 8 Vancouver Harbour, 4 Indian Arm, 6 Nanaimo and 33 Gulf Islands. It derives vessel trips and time at anchor from Pacific Pilotage Authority operational movement data for 2016–2025; ten Royal Roads and Constance Bank anchorages are excluded.
Supports: Capability · commercial availability
TNM classification: Public report available; no live traffic-monitoring service is established by this research.. The Clear Seas source supports this bounded research description, not a claim of operational surveillance delivery.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
TNM classification: anchorage analysis. The Clear Seas source supports this bounded research description, not a claim of operational surveillance delivery.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
TNM classification: mission-software-and-data. The Clear Seas source supports this bounded research description, not a claim of operational surveillance delivery.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
The anchorage study covers 71 sites: 20 English Bay, 8 Vancouver Harbour, 4 Indian Arm, 6 Nanaimo and 33 Gulf Islands. It derives vessel trips and time at anchor from Pacific Pilotage Authority operational movement data for 2016–2025; ten Royal Roads and Constance Bank anchorages are excluded.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
Anchorage time is inferred between the preceding movement's last pilot disembarkation and the following movement's first ordered pilot, within reconstructed trips. Commodity is inferred from terminal calls, checked against other sources. Average wait times apply only to trips using anchorages; records were not originally designed as anchorage observations.
Supports: Capability · maturity
TNM classification: Published research; implementation decisions remain with the responsible operators and authorities.. The Clear Seas source supports this bounded research description, not a claim of operational surveillance delivery.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Clear Seas presents the anchorage research as evidence for discussions about anchorage management, supply-chain performance and future vessel-traffic planning.
Supports: Capability · core features
The Clear Seas report analyzes Pacific Pilotage Authority vessel-movement records for 71 commercial anchorages in Canadian Salish Sea waters.
Supports: Capability · capability type
TNM classification: Marine traffic research and risk analysis. The Clear Seas source supports this bounded research description, not a claim of operational surveillance delivery.
Supports: Capability · summary
Clear Seas reports a study of 71 commercial anchorages using 2016–2025 vessel movements, connecting waiting patterns to commodities and transportation-system disruption.
Supports: Capability · core features
The Clear Seas report relates anchorage use to commodity traffic, terminal operations and railway disruptions.
Supports: Capability · capability type
The anchorage study covers 71 sites: 20 English Bay, 8 Vancouver Harbour, 4 Indian Arm, 6 Nanaimo and 33 Gulf Islands. It derives vessel trips and time at anchor from Pacific Pilotage Authority operational movement data for 2016–2025; ten Royal Roads and Constance Bank anchorages are excluded.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
The completed study finds anchorage demand is driven by terminal readiness, cargo arrival and weather as well as vessel traffic. Its 2025 table records 3,041 trips across vessel types, 56% using anchorages, averaging 6.4 days for those that anchored. It provides retrospective system-level evidence, not real-time traffic control.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
TNM classification: marine traffic. The Clear Seas source supports this bounded research description, not a claim of operational surveillance delivery.
Supports: Capability · summary
Anchorage time is inferred between the preceding movement's last pilot disembarkation and the following movement's first ordered pilot, within reconstructed trips. Commodity is inferred from terminal calls, checked against other sources. Average wait times apply only to trips using anchorages; records were not originally designed as anchorage observations.
Supports: Capability · name
TNM classification: Marine risk and traffic analytics. The Clear Seas source supports this bounded research description, not a claim of operational surveillance delivery.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
The anchorage study covers 71 sites: 20 English Bay, 8 Vancouver Harbour, 4 Indian Arm, 6 Nanaimo and 33 Gulf Islands. It derives vessel trips and time at anchor from Pacific Pilotage Authority operational movement data for 2016–2025; ten Royal Roads and Constance Bank anchorages are excluded.
Supports: Capability · name
The anchorage study covers 71 sites: 20 English Bay, 8 Vancouver Harbour, 4 Indian Arm, 6 Nanaimo and 33 Gulf Islands. It derives vessel trips and time at anchor from Pacific Pilotage Authority operational movement data for 2016–2025; ten Royal Roads and Constance Bank anchorages are excluded.
The report identifies 44 vessels from six companies and says 15 were in Canadian waters as of August 21, 2025, all under contract. That dated vessel snapshot is not September 2026 availability. Limited uncommitted vessels and regional gaps motivate its contracting and fleet recommendations.
Supports: Capability · core features
The ETV study combines company and vessel directories, technical specifications, traffic information and operator engagement. Its search broadened from 160–220 tonnes bollard pull to include vessels at least 150 tonnes, including those above 220 tonnes; results are a market assessment rather than a verified readiness guarantee.
Pilotage Technology Phase II is research toward advanced vessel traffic management and shore-based pilotage: system concepts, simulation, deployment rules, safety, human factors and socioeconomic/environmental assessment. Dalhousie, UQAC and TELUQ researchers participate; the page describes expected outcomes, not an operational Clear Seas navigation-control product.
Supports: Capability · core features
Pilotage Technology Phase II is research toward advanced vessel traffic management and shore-based pilotage: system concepts, simulation, deployment rules, safety, human factors and socioeconomic/environmental assessment. Dalhousie, UQAC and TELUQ researchers participate; the page describes expected outcomes, not an operational Clear Seas navigation-control product.
Clear Seas commissioned Innovation Maritime with Davis Consulting & Strategies to develop St. Lawrence–Great Lakes vessel-traffic projections through 2045, considering resource and terminal projects and implications for escort, pilotage and pollution response. The December 9, 2025 project page describes work underway; scenarios are not committed future traffic or capacity.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Clear Seas commissioned Innovation Maritime with Davis Consulting & Strategies to develop St. Lawrence–Great Lakes vessel-traffic projections through 2045, considering resource and terminal projects and implications for escort, pilotage and pollution response. The December 9, 2025 project page describes work underway; scenarios are not committed future traffic or capacity.
Clear Seas published the anchorage study June26,2026, using Pacific Pilotage Authority vessel-movement records2016–2025 to examine waiting patterns, commodities and transportation-system disruption; report publication is distinct from live monitoring.
The report identifies 44 vessels from six companies and says 15 were in Canadian waters as of August 21, 2025, all under contract. That dated vessel snapshot is not September 2026 availability. Limited uncommitted vessels and regional gaps motivate its contracting and fleet recommendations.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
The ETV study combines company and vessel directories, technical specifications, traffic information and operator engagement. Its search broadened from 160–220 tonnes bollard pull to include vessels at least 150 tonnes, including those above 220 tonnes; results are a market assessment rather than a verified readiness guarantee.
Supports: Capability · summary
The ETV study combines company and vessel directories, technical specifications, traffic information and operator engagement. Its search broadened from 160–220 tonnes bollard pull to include vessels at least 150 tonnes, including those above 220 tonnes; results are a market assessment rather than a verified readiness guarantee.
Supports: Capability · technology readiness level
Pilotage Technology Phase II is research toward advanced vessel traffic management and shore-based pilotage: system concepts, simulation, deployment rules, safety, human factors and socioeconomic/environmental assessment. Dalhousie, UQAC and TELUQ researchers participate; the page describes expected outcomes, not an operational Clear Seas navigation-control product.
Supports: Capability · maturity
Pilotage Technology Phase II is research toward advanced vessel traffic management and shore-based pilotage: system concepts, simulation, deployment rules, safety, human factors and socioeconomic/environmental assessment. Dalhousie, UQAC and TELUQ researchers participate; the page describes expected outcomes, not an operational Clear Seas navigation-control product.
Supports: Capability · summary
Clear Seas commissioned Innovation Maritime with Davis Consulting & Strategies to develop St. Lawrence–Great Lakes vessel-traffic projections through 2045, considering resource and terminal projects and implications for escort, pilotage and pollution response. The December 9, 2025 project page describes work underway; scenarios are not committed future traffic or capacity.
Supports: Capability · maturity
Clear Seas commissioned Innovation Maritime with Davis Consulting & Strategies to develop St. Lawrence–Great Lakes vessel-traffic projections through 2045, considering resource and terminal projects and implications for escort, pilotage and pollution response. The December 9, 2025 project page describes work underway; scenarios are not committed future traffic or capacity.
Clear Seas published Assessing Emergency Towing Vessel Availability in Canada on September 15, 2026. The completed study assesses the market and capabilities of vessels potentially suitable for emergency towing; it does not commission or operate them.
Clear Seas says governments and industry fund its work and reports/findings are freely available on its website and social channels; free report access does not establish unrestricted rights to underlying third-party or Indigenous data.
Clear Seas' general site terms describe limited personal non-commercial viewing and copyright protection. The Pathways page offers free templates, while Indigenous research has community-controlled rights; reuse and underlying-data permissions must be agreed for the specific output rather than inferred from free download access.
The official capability material supports the named Marine risk and traffic analytics offering and the bounded operational description prepared for reviewer consideration.
