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Vehicle crash forced passengers to stay aboard ferry

A vehicle crash near BC Ferries' Tsawwassen terminal in Vancouver has forced passengers aboard the 'Spirit of Vancouver' to remain onboard on Jan 13, 2020. At 9:15 a.m., BC Ferries said that the vessel was holding in the Tsawwassen dock until the accident was cleared. The head-on collision involved three-vehicles near Tsatsu Shores Drive. One person was seriously injured and traffic on Highway 17 was reduced to one lane alternating in each direction. Once the area has been cleared, passengers aboard the 'Spirit of Vancouver Island' will be allowed to disembark. Once the vessel is emptied, new vehicles and customers will be directed on board. The additional delays came after three straight days of BC Ferries sailing cancellations due to weather as jigh winds and snowfall swept across Vancouver Island and the province's coast throughout the weekend.

Ferry suffered ramp malfunction

Passengers on the "Spirit of Vancouver Island" were trapped on board in Swartz Bay after a mechanical issue in the afternoon of Aug 10, 2019. The starboard ramp malfunctioned on the ship. Both the 11 a.m. sailing departing Swartz Bay and the 1 p.m. sailing departing Tsawwassen were cancelled due to the upper car deck visor door not opening. The ferry had to depart the berth and reverse in to offload vehicles,. Passengers stuck on the ferry left Tsawwassen at 9:04 a.m. and did not get off the boat until just after 1 p.m. People who had reservations were accommodated on the next available sailing.

SPIRIT OF VANCOUVER ISLAND back home after mid-life upgrade and conversion to LNG

BC Ferries’ SPIRIT OF VANCOUVER ISLAND arrived back home today, 3 April, at the ferry operator’s maintenance facility in Richmond following her mid-life upgrade and conversion to dual fuel operation at Poland’s Remontowa Shiprepair in Gdansk.