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However, there will be much more demand for such services this time, given that there has been significant regional population growth, densification in downtown Vancouver, growth in the workforce and tourism, and improved transit services like the SkyTrain Canada Line, within walking distance of potential downtown ferry terminals.Detroit Diesel snags $4 million contract to supply TF40 engines Clipper Navigation Inc. These three services are the latest efforts to launch a high-speed ferry service between Vancouver and Victoria, after a number of failed services over the past three decades. Victoria-based Island Ferry Services was recently selected as the preferred operator of the new route, which would make one-way trips in just 68 minutes. Clipper’s dock location in downtown Vancouver has not been made public.Ī third high-speed passenger service from the mainland to the island, from downtown Vancouver to Nanaimo, could commence in the next two years. Meanwhile, the Clipper service will use its existing Belleville facility in Victoria – just one block west of the Steamship Terminal in the Inner Harbour.

V2V Vacations will dock at the CPR Steamship Terminal Building just outside the BC Legislature in Victoria and in Vancouver, at the Harbour Flight Centre at the Vancouver Convention Centre. We could not be more excited to launch this new operation with our longstanding tourism partners in Victoria, Vancouver and across the Pacific Northwest.” Two other services planned

“Halunder Jet is the perfect addition to the Clipper fleet and aligns with our high standards for customer service. “For more than 30 years we have safely and reliably operated ferry services around the Salish Sea, and we know that customer comfort is again paramount for our new Vancouver to Victoria route.” “Clipper has been committed to ensuring that we have the right vessel for this route,” said Clipper CEO Tobias Haack. Prior to service, the Halunder Jet will be renovated to the specifications utilized by Clipper and reflagged for its new operation. This is also slightly shorter than the travel times of BC Ferries’ Tsawwassen-Swartz Bay route when including road travel times between the terminals and city centres.

Forget the drive, you could one day travel by train from Vancouver to Seattle in 1 hourĬlipper spokesperson Scott Meis told Daily Hive the newly acquired vessel will have a travelling speed of up to 36 knots (67 km/hr), although the final operating speed will be determined by Transport Canada.Įach one-way trip will be approximately three hours, making the trip about 30 minutes faster than the alternate and more expensive V2V Vacations service.

Downtown Vancouver to Victoria Inner Harbour passenger ferry service begins on May 1.

It will seat 324 more passengers than the largest vessel in the existing Clipper fleet and 316 more passengers than V2V Vacations’ luxury ferry service along the same route, which launches on May 1, 2017. With seats for 570 passengers, the vessel’s capacity is significantly largely than other existing or future catamarans operating in the Pacific Northwest. Biggest catamaran operating in Pacific Northwest It uses a motion dampening system to help prevent motion sickness, providing passengers with a more comfortable ride. The vessel was custom built in 2003 for FRS’ operations between Hamburg and Heligoland in Germany and has operated in rough sea conditions similar to the Strait of Georgia. Unlike another new planned service designed for tourists that was announced two weeks ago, the Clipper’s new route is targeted for a larger market that includes commuters, with more economical pricing.Ĭlipper plans to utilize a 52-metre-long high-speed catamaran vessel named the Halunder Jet from its parent company FRS. The company that operates the existing Victoria Clipper to Seattle confirmed today it will launch a new high-speed passenger ferry service between downtown Vancouver and Victoria Inner Harbour in spring 2018. A major competing service to the existing ferry routes that connect the Lower Mainland with British Columbia’s capital region will be launched in the spring of 2018.