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At the Nanaimo terminal, on March 20, 2013 at about 2:20 am, a woman from Gabriola Island drove her van through a barrier gate, onto the docked BC Ferries' ship, and off the other side. The next day, an RCMP dive team were able to recover her body and the van from 40 metres (130 ft) of water. [3]
Departure Bay is a major ferry terminal in Nanaimo, British Columbia, owned and operated by BC Ferries that provides ferry service across the Strait of Georgia to Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver. The terminal is located at the southern end of Departure Bay .
The ferry terminal is located at Duke Point in Nanaimo and is the only major terminal in the BC Ferries system without a public transit connection. [ 2 ] The terminal was built in 1997 for $42 million (equivalent to $67.88 million in 2022) to divert commercial vehicle traffic away from BC Ferries' other main Nanaimo terminal in the heart of the ...
BC Ferries CEO David Hahn claimed that building the ferries in Germany would "save almost $80 million and could lead to lower fares." [4] On September 17, 2004, BC Ferries awarded [5] the vessel construction contract to Germany's Flensburger shipyard. The contract protected BC Ferries from any delays through a fixed price and fixed schedule ...
Besides the BC Ferries, two other passenger ferries operate in the harbour, both of which are foot passenger only. From the marina downtown Nanaimo, a small ferry travels a regularly scheduled route to Dinghy Dock Pub on Protection Island. [20] [21] The other is one that travels from Maffeo Sutton Park in downtown Nanaimo to Newcastle Island. [22]
Waterbridge Ferries Incorporated [14] Upper Arrow Lake Ferry: Crosses Upper Arrow Lake between Shelter Bay and Galena Bay at the junction of BC highways 23 and 31. M.V. Columbia: Conventional 80 250 20 minutes Waterbridge Ferries Incorporated [15] Usk Reaction Ferry: Crosses the Skeena River between north and south Usk, off BC Highway 16 ...
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).
The K-class ferries (often referred to as "K-barges" due to their hull type and size) are a group of similarly designed ferries operated by both BC Ferries and TransLink in British Columbia, Canada. With the exception of MV Pune'luxutth , all of the listed K-class vessels were built for service in British Columbia's Ministry of Highways salt ...