New $32-million SeaBus from Europe arrives in Vancouver (PHOTOS)
A freight ship with a heavy lift crane sailed into the Port of Vancouver on Sunday with TransLink’s newest additional SeaBus ferry vessel as its precious cargo.
See also
- TransLink's new $32-million SeaBus vessel arriving from Europe this year
- $17M expansion and upgrade coming to Waterfront Station's SeaBus terminal
- Relief is coming: First new Canada Line trains to arrive this summer
- New Vancouver-Nanaimo high-speed commuter ferry could launch this summer
- Vancouver-North Shore rapid transit line to be studied by BC government
Following a two-month-long journey from Damen Shipyards in the Netherlands, the Burrard Chinook arrived at the dock at Lynnterm East Gate in North Vancouver, just west of the Second Narrows Bridge.
Secured on the deck of the ship, the vessel made its way across the Atlantic Ocean, passed through the Panama Canal, and sailed northwards along the coast of the Americas to reach its final destination.
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The vessel, built at a cost of $32.2 million, will undergo commissioning and final trials over the coming weeks before it begins regular service later in the summer.
With the Burrard Chinook, TransLink will increase its peak hour SeaBus frequencies to every 10 minutes — up from the existing maximum frequency of every 15 minutes.
Seen yesterday Sunday May 19th from the Second Narrows Bridge – unloading another brand-new Seabus from a carrier ship. Does anybody know what the Translink plan is for the Seabus system ? I'm guessing the new seabus ferries are not being built in Canada?? @BCFMWU #bcpoli pic.twitter.com/PPWNo4Gkny
— Harry.Charalambopoulos (@SouvlakiForYou) May 20, 2019
The other SeaBus vessels are the Burrard Otter (1976), Burrard Beaver (1976), Burrard Pacific Breeze (2009), and Burrard Otter II (2014). The first three vessels were built in BC shipyards, and the latter was built in Singapore.
While Burrard Otter has been retired, its original sister, the Burrard Beaver, has been retained as a spare vessel.
Each of these vessels can hold 385 seated passengers.
In 2018, the public transit authority recorded a total of 6.63 million boardings on SeaBus, with weekday boardings averaging at 19,690, Saturday boardings averaging at 17,020, and Sunday and holiday boardings averaging at 13,030. This is a year-over-year ridership increase of 4.5%, and its ridership level is equivalent to TransLink’s 11th busiest bus route.
See also
- TransLink's new $32-million SeaBus vessel arriving from Europe this year
- $17M expansion and upgrade coming to Waterfront Station's SeaBus terminal
- Relief is coming: First new Canada Line trains to arrive this summer
- New Vancouver-Nanaimo high-speed commuter ferry could launch this summer
- Vancouver-North Shore rapid transit line to be studied by BC government
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