Ferries carried a total of 9.4 million vehicles in the year ending March 31, up from the previous record of 8.9 million vehicles for the year ending in spring 2019
B.C. Ferries carried a record 9.4 million vehicles last fiscal year even amid ongoing sailing cancellations due to crew shortages.
Passenger numbers were up by 21 per cent year-over-year, at 21.6 million people, but did not set a record. In the year ending in spring 2019, B.C. Ferries carried 22.3 million passengers, the highest level in close to two decades. The Brentwood Bay-Mill Bay ferry route was closed for one day last week due to a crew shortage. And on Sunday night, the 8 p.m. Swartz Bay-Tsawwassen sailing and the 10 p.m. sailing out of Tsawwassen were cancelled as well.
The revenue boost is mainly due to an increase in vehicles and passengers due to the lifting of travel restrictions, along with retail sales proceeds. Future expenses include the rebuilding and upgrading of its shipyard, called its fleet maintenance unit, in Richmond. The cost is not being publicly revealed, but because of higher-than-anticipated bids for the job, the company had to receive permission from the B.C. Ferry Commissioner to add to its budget.
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