If you are hoping to travel between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay aboard BC Ferries, you better have a made a reservation or expect some long delays. The ferry service is down three vessels this weekend. Not all people who tried to get a reservation on one of the vessels that is in service were successful. […]
The loss of a major Spirit Class ferry for repairs is being felt on the BC Ferries Tsawwassen – Swartz Bay route Thursday. BC Ferries is reporting multiple sailing waits on either side, with the next available standby space not free until after 5 p.m. The ferry corporation says as the Spirit of Vancouver Island […]
The province’s decision to impose fines on B.C. Ferries for missed sailings due to crew shortages has some academics and other ferry watchers scratching their heads. “I almost see the fine as a punishment in terms of, ‘You’re being bad. Fix your behaviour.’ And I’m sure B.C. Ferries is not cancelling ferries on purpose,” said […]
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BCFMWU has been contacted by Seafarers’ International Union of Canada / Syndicat International des Marins Canadiens regarding a request by Bridgemans for crew on board a Canadian Vessel. The Vessel is MV Isabelle. BCFMWU has been notified that a company in Vancouver intends to commence a new operation by importing a large foreign passenger vessel […]
NANAIMO — Crew shortages and overarching fatigue among the BC Ferries workforce is being eyed as a potential reason behind a slew of cancelled sailings over the last year. A report tabled at the BC Ferries AGM on Thursday, Aug. 24 showed roughly 40 per cent of the sailings cancelled between April 1 and June […]
Crew shortages to blame for 40% of BC Ferries cancellations Adam speaks with Eric McNeely, President, BC Ferry and Marine Workers Union Ferry cancelations due to staffing shortages more than doubled in 2023 fiscal year. Continued discussions on administrative conduct in Langford. Can educators use AI to empower students? Adam speaks with Terri Griffith, professor, […]
About four in 10 cancelled sailings on BC Ferries last fiscal year were the result of the ferry service’s staffing woes, according to a company report. The report found about 1,100 of more than 2,800 cancellations from April 2022 to March 2023 were due to crew shortages. That figure was more than double the 522 […]
The number of cancelled B.C. Ferries sailings due to staffing shortages more than doubled in the 2023 fiscal year compared with the previous year — comprising 40 per cent of all ferry cancellations, according to the company’s latest annual report. There were 1,163 cancellations due to crew shortages in the fiscal year ending March 31, […]
Forty per cent of all the sailings that B.C. Ferries cancelled in its 2023 fiscal year were due to crew shortages, according to a report released at B.C. Ferries’ annual general meeting. That’s 1,163 sailings cancelled due to staffing challenges — more than double the number cancelled for the same reason in the 2022 fiscal […]