Approximately four ferry sailings per day between Vancouver Island and the mainland are cancelled until further notice due to a complicated ship engine failure.
The cancellations, effective on all days except Tuesdays and Wednesdays, affect the route between Metro Vancouver’s Tsawwassen terminal and Nanaimo’s Duke Point terminal.
On Thursday, the company announced that one of the Coastal Renaissance’s motors had failed, leading to the cancellation of the 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. sailings from Duke Point terminal and the 11:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. sailings out of Tsawwassen.
Nicolas Jimenez, B.C. Ferries’ president and chief executive officer, said on Friday during a news conference that he understands the disruption is “frustrating” and “will
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