With input from local communities, we are providing the following service improvements for the Central Coast in 2019:
• Travel for all vehicles and passengers on the Nimpkish between the Mid-Coast ports will be at no charge through to March 31, 2019. To book your travel, please call our Customer Service Centre at 1-888-223-3779 and one of our agents will be pleased to help you. Priority will be given to customers who have already requested reservations, and standard cancellation rates apply.
• The direct summer service between Port Hardy and Bella Coola will now run from June 3 through October 10, 2019. This service will extend the previously planned summer 2019 schedule by 10 sailings at the beginning and 8 sailings at the end. These sailing schedules will be posted on bcferries.com in the upcoming weeks.
• We are also working with regional destination marketing organizations on Vancouver Island and the Chilcotin Cariboo to market this 2019 direct summer service.
The major upgrade to the Northern Sea Wolf is nearing completion and it will enter service in summer 2019. In mid-September, the ship moved from Esquimalt Dry Dock in Victoria to our refit facility in Richmond where work is wrapping up. Next will be Transport Canada inspections and drills.
Once that work is finished, the Northern Sea Wolf will complete dock trials in the Mid-Coast this fall in preparation for service next year. We’ll let the communities know when the ship will be in the area, so you can come down and take a look. This past spring, we completed approximately $10 million of upgrades to the berths at Ocean Falls, Bella Coola, Shearwater and Bella Bella to accommodate the Northern Sea Wolf.
For more information or traffic updates please follow @BCFerries on Twitter, visit our website at bcferries.com, or call us toll free at 1-888-BCFERRY (223-3779).
