Whisper
December 14th, 2007, 06:51 PM
VICTORIA - Islanders got their first glimpse of the newest member of the B.C. Ferries fleet Thursday morning.
Coastal Renaissance, the first of three new Super C-class ferries built in Germany, sailed past Clover Point and Beacon Hill Park, then continued on to Vancouver where it did a loop in the harbor, before journeying on to its home port at Departure Bay ferry terminal in Nanaimo.
The ferry traveled for 48 days from Germany, where it was built.
It is slated to enter service between Departure Bay and Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver in early spring, once crew training on the vessel is complete.
A second ferry is expected to leave Germany in mid-January, arriving in B.C. waters in March. It will run between Duke Point and Tsawwassen.
The third vessel will serve on the Swartz Bay - Tsawwassen route.
All three are to be in service by summer.
The exteriors of the ferries, the largest double-ended ferries in the world, are being decorated with sports images to promote the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.
They can each carry 1,650 passengers and 370 vehicles.
Open houses for the public to tour the ferry are being set up for late January and early February at Victoria, Nanaimo and Vancouver.
http://www.bcferries.com/about/newbuild/superc.html
http://www.bcferries.com/files/AboutBCF/newbuild/supercupdates/CR_Logo_1403_600w.jpg
http://www.bcferries.com/about/newbuild/superc.html
Coastal Renaissance, the first of three new Super C-class ferries built in Germany, sailed past Clover Point and Beacon Hill Park, then continued on to Vancouver where it did a loop in the harbor, before journeying on to its home port at Departure Bay ferry terminal in Nanaimo.
The ferry traveled for 48 days from Germany, where it was built.
It is slated to enter service between Departure Bay and Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver in early spring, once crew training on the vessel is complete.
A second ferry is expected to leave Germany in mid-January, arriving in B.C. waters in March. It will run between Duke Point and Tsawwassen.
The third vessel will serve on the Swartz Bay - Tsawwassen route.
All three are to be in service by summer.
The exteriors of the ferries, the largest double-ended ferries in the world, are being decorated with sports images to promote the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.
They can each carry 1,650 passengers and 370 vehicles.
Open houses for the public to tour the ferry are being set up for late January and early February at Victoria, Nanaimo and Vancouver.
http://www.bcferries.com/about/newbuild/superc.html
http://www.bcferries.com/files/AboutBCF/newbuild/supercupdates/CR_Logo_1403_600w.jpg
http://www.bcferries.com/about/newbuild/superc.html