‘Required maintenance’ to cancel multiple Nanaimo-Vancouver ferries
NANAIMO — Pre-Christmas travellers may need to make other arrangements trying to get ahead of holiday traffic.
BC Ferries have announced “required maintenance” is needed on one of its vessels which will force the cancellation of four sailings on both Thursday, Dec. 19 and Friday, Dec. 20 between Nanaimo’s Departure Bay terminal and Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver.
Affected trips include the 12 p.m. and 4:45 p.m. sailings from Departure Bay on Thursday, as well as corresponding return trips at 2:30 p.m. and 7:05 p.m. from Horseshoe Bay.
On Friday, the 9:40 a.m. and 2:20 p.m. crossings from Departure Bay are off the schedule, along with the 12 p.m. and 4:45 p.m. trips from Horseshoe Bay.