Seaspan Ferries celebrates official grand opening of new Duke Point Terminal
Seaspan Ferries Corporation (SFC) hosted an official ceremony in Nanaimo, BC to mark the grand opening of its new Duke Point Terminal, the company said in its press release.
The 18 acre, multi-berth facility, which took approximately 19 months to build, consolidates operations from the previous downtown-located operation and the old facility at Duke Point.
The terminal can accommodate 360 trailers as well as an overflow lot, and includes state-of-the-art hydraulic, dynamic-suspended ramps, each 35m x 10m wide.
The completion of SFC’s $44M Duke Point Terminal comes on the heels of the commissioning and introduction of its two new technologically-advanced, LNG-fuelled vessels, the Seaspan Swift and Seaspan Reliant. The 148.9 metre long ferries, both now in service, accommodate up to 59, 53’ trailers and mark the first new vessels added to SFC’s fleet since 2002. These eco-ferries will reduce greenhouse gas emissions dramatically, while delivering the highest level of efficiency, performance and reliability.
SFC currently operates a fleet of seven ferries out of four terminals in British Columbia, and supplies more than 50% of all cargo to Vancouver Island.
