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Sailings cancelled due to crew shortages
BC Ferries has cancelled 12 sailings on the 'Skeena Queen' on July 17, 2022, due to crew availability issues. The following sailings for the Skeena Queen on July 17 have been cancelled: 1:50 p.m. departing Fulford Harbour 3:00 p.m. departing Swartz Bay 3:50 p.m. departing Fulford Harbour 5:00 p.m. departing Swartz Bay 5:50 p.m. departing Fulford Harbour 7:00 p.m. departing Swartz Bay 7:50 p.m. departing Fulford Harbour 9:00 p.m. departing Swartz Bay BC Ferries has found a water taxi that will provide service between Swartz Bay and Fulford Harbour, which will be following the regular schedule. The water taxi can only hold 45 people at a time. On July 23 all sailings on the route from 5:50 p.m. to 9 p.m. have been cancelled from through July 30. The route is operating on its normal schedule before the 5:50 p.m. sailing each day, and a free, 48-person water taxi is operating on the route's regular schedule in place of the 'Skeena Queen' from 5:50 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Ferry suffered technical failure
The 'Skeena Queen' suffered a failure of one of its four right angle drives in position 48 41 24N, 123 24 34.8W, at the ferry terminal in Swartz Bay, BC., on Oct 16, 2021, at 2.45 p.m. The ferry, however, was able to continue its scheduled service.
Ferry suffered electrical problems
Two sailings between Swartz Bay and Fulford were cancelled in the night of Nov 13, 2020, after the 'Skeena Queen'developed electrical problems. The vessel left Swartz Bay for Fulford as scheduled at 7 p.m., but 10 minutes into the sailing, the crew dropped anchor and looked into the problem. The ferry returned to dock at Swartz Bay so engineers could continue to work on the issue. Crews managed to fix the problem and the vessel resumed sailing just before 10 p.m. The scheduled 9 p.m. sailing left Swartz Bay nearly an hour behind schedule.
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