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Hullo, officially the Vancouver Island Ferry Company, is a privately owned passenger ferry service in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It operates four daily sailings between Vancouver and Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. Each one-way trip takes 75 minutes.

History

The service was scheduled to begin on August 14, 2023, but was delayed due to power outages in Nanaimo and high winds.[1] Sailings were also cancelled for the following day. The inaugural departure on August 16 was limited to 189 passengers. Only two daily round trips were scheduled for the first weeks of service.[2]

Vessels

The company's two vessels, spuhéls and sthuqi’, are both Damen-built Fast Ferry 4212 models,[3][4] high-speed catamarans that seat 354 passengers each. They are named for wind and Sockeye salmon in the Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓ language used by the Snuneymuxw First Nation on Vancouver Island. The vessels were manufactured in Vietnam and delivered in June 2023.[5] The vessels cannot accommodate electric wheelchairs, scooters, or electric bicycles due to battery fire regulations.[6]

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