Beset with technical glitches and out of service ships, B.C. Ferries is doing damage control before the long weekend to appease frustrated passengers
that featured chaotic conditions heading into the weekend, cancelled sailings because a vessel was out of service and website glitches. Even passengers heeding advice to travel as walk-on passengers were left fuming because they couldn’t find a parking spot at some busy terminals.
hile the Coastal Celebration was out of service, B.C. Ferries cancelled eight sailings a day between the Lower Mainland and Victoria for several weeks.Article contentacross the entire ferry network, affecting major sailings between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay and smaller routes from the gulf islands to the mainland and Vancouver Island.
The union has said B.C. Ferries wages have not kept pace with other marine employers such as Seaspan. In the long-term, the ferry service is looking at replacing it aging fleet and modernizing five major terminals to speed up the check-in and boarding process.
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