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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 ...
The PacifiCat class of fast ferries was operated from June 1999 to March 2000 by BC Ferries in British Columbia, Canada.Three PacifiCat catamarans - Explorer, Discovery, and Voyager - were built between 1996 and 2000 as part of a major public project to improve ferry service between the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island.
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 ...
On August 13, 2014, suspected kidnapper David Rogerson was arrested on a ferry docked at the Departure Bay ferry terminal after BC Ferries' staff recognized him as the subject of a Canada-wide warrant during a sailing from Horseshoe Bay, and called police to inform them that Rogerson and his vehicle were on board the vessel.
Some BC Ferries routes saw cancellations due to strong winds. Highway 4 between Port Alberni and Ucluelet on the West Coast was closed when debris flowed onto the roadway. [ 27 ] Washouts along Highway 14 led to that road being closed between Jordan River and Port Renfrew with repair work expected to last until October 23.
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B.C. Ferry Authority has a principal objective of oversighting BC Ferries and to appoint its board of directors. [2] While the current structure claims to ensure the operations of BC Ferries are independent from the provincial government, governance includes local politicians and provincial politicians have interfered with management decisions.
A number of factors can prompt a cancellation. Norwegian Cruise Line recently canceled months of sailings for its Norwegian Spirit ship scheduled between July 3 and Sept. 18, 2024, because of a ...