Tugboat brings in B.C. ferry after mechanical failure on busy Easter weekend

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 21, 2025 8:28 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

A B.C. Ferries vas had to beryllium assisted into Horseshoe Bay successful West Vancouver by a tugboat aft suffering a mechanical nonaccomplishment astatine the extremity of the engaged vacation weekend.

The company says the occupation with the Queen of Coquitlam's transportation power has been repaired and investigating was conducted earlier its instrumentality to work aboriginal Monday afternoon.

B.C. Ferries says passengers and vehicles were off-loaded conscionable earlier 2:40 p.m. PT, and the institution hired 3 h2o taxis to shuttle travellers who were booked connected different sailings.

Two circular travel sailings of the ferry betwixt Langdale connected the Sunshine Coast and Horseshoe Bay had to beryllium cancelled owed to the mechanical issue.

B.C. Ferries says the tugboat was utilized to assist the ferry retired of an "abundance of caution." 

"We cognize you person important places to beryllium and apologize for immoderate inconvenience you whitethorn person experienced arsenic a effect of the earlier sailing cancellations," the institution wrote successful a statement.

The 49-year-old Queen of Coquitlam vessel tin clasp 314 vehicles. 

"Both vessels supporting this way this play are approaching 50 years of age," a B.C. Ferries spokesperson wrote successful a statement.

"As vessels age, attraction becomes much predominant and analyzable — reinforcing the value of our semipermanent fleet renewal strategy to amended reliability, adhd capacity, and amended enactment increasing demand."