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BC Ferries had no choice but to do the work itself on a cost-plus basis. It would have to act as project manager and assume the risk of the fast ferries. Catamaran Ferries International (CFI), a wholly owned subsidiary of BC Ferries, was incorporated in March 1996 to carry out the work and construction started later that year. [3]: 23–24
BC Ferries has the largest fleet of vehicle ferry vessels in the world. There are at least 45 vessels, ranging from small passenger-only water taxis, up to the 358-car Spirit-class ferries. All of the vessels in use by BC Ferries are roll-on/roll-off car ferries. Most of the major vessels are based on similar designs, which are aggregated into ...
The Coastal class of ferries is composed of three ships, Coastal Renaissance, Coastal Inspiration and Coastal Celebration. At launch they were the largest double-ended ferries in the world. [2] The three ships are 160.0 metres (524 ft 11 in) long overall and 154.0 metres (505 ft 3 in) between perpendiculars with a beam of 28.2 metres (92 ft 6 in).
A PacifiCat (centre) taking on passengers at Departure Bay on March 19, 2000. All three PacifiCats were decommissioned shortly thereafter. The fast ferry scandal was a political affair in the late 1990s relating to the construction of three fast ferries by the Canadian provincial crown corporation BC Ferries under direction of the Executive Council of British Columbia, headed at the time by ...
People could stay there for a week for $7.50. Other boats, such as the Princess Elizabeth, the Princess Joan, and the Princess Victoria transported people there and back at a cost of $1.35 round trip. The Princess Victoria could make the Vancouver–Nanaimo voyage in 2 hours 19 minutes, which is not much slower than the current BC Ferries' runs
Langdale is a ferry terminal owned and operated by BC Ferries, which provides ferry services from the Sunshine Coast to the Lower Mainland, Gambier Island, and Keats Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Route 3 is a car/passenger ferry route to Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver. [3]
A number of companies operated ferries on the lake from the 1890s. [4] When the Canadian Pacific Railway completed a rail link between Procter and Kootenay Landing in 1930, sternwheeler service on the southern arm of the lake ended. [5] In 1931, the BC government chartered the SS Nasookin for the Main Lake crossing between Fraser's Landing and ...
Coastal Celebration is a Coastal-class ferry in the BC Ferries fleet. They are among the largest double-ended ferries in the world. [2] It has a gross tonnage (GT) of 21,777 tons, a deadweight tonnage (DWT) of 2,350 tons and a maximum displacement of 10,034 tonnes (9,876 long tons; 11,061 short tons) (max).