B.C. Ferries says one of its biggest ships wasn’t fit to sail in time for the Canada Day long weekend because a company couldn’t be found to do necessary maintenance work in time.
The Coastal Celebration, which sails the busy Tsawwassen-Swartz Bay route, was out of service because refits due to occur in mid-May in Victoria instead had to happen in mid-June in Vancouver, the operator said.
It led to eight fewer daily sailings on the Metro Vancouver-Vancouver Island route between Wednesday and Monday than originally planned, said B.C. Ferries, which warned drivers without a booking not to travel over the weekend.
Around half a million passengers and 180,000 vehicles were expected
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