GCT, which operates the Vanterm and Deltaport terminals at the Port of Vancouver, has won the BC Hydro Luminaries Project of the Year award for its rollout of electric work trucks. The recognition highlights a fleet that includes a Peterbilt 220EV lubrication truck and a 520EV tanker, both battery-powered and used to maintain and refuel equipment on site. Peterbilt congratulated GCT, calling the deployment the largest fleet rollout of its kind at any Canadian terminal.
The trucks are standard Peterbilt models upfit for their roles: the 220EV offers up to 282 kWh of battery capacity and 259 kW of continuous power, while the 520EV packs 400 kWh and 400 kW. Because they run on electricity, they produce no tailpipe emissions, reducing the air pollution typically associated with diesel and propane equipment. The source also notes the trucks save GCT money, though it does not specify how much.
GCT has committed to cutting absolute emissions by 45% by 2030 and reaching net zero by 2050. The electric vocational trucks join a separate pilot program that puts electric Peterbilt 579EV Class 8 semis on container-hauling routes, funded through Canada's ELECTRA program with subsidized 60-month leases for five port shipping companies. That pilot is designed to measure real-world benefits of electric drayage trucks on first-mile delivery routes.