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4 new hybrid-electric Island Class vessels approved for BC Ferries fleet

4 new hybrid-electric Island Class vessels approved for BC Ferries fleet

BC Ferries has been given the green light to acquire four more hybrid-electric Island Class ferries.

 

In a media release Monday, the ferry corporation said the BC Ferries Commissioner had approved a capital expenditure to procure the vessels, which will serve the Nanaimo-Gabriola Island and Campbell River-Quadra Island routes by 2027.

The acquisition will allow Island Class vessels already serving those routes to be re-deployed to serve Salt Spring, Quadra, Cortez, Denman and Hornby islands, boosting capacity, the company said.

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 December 11, 2023