Out with the old.(Update)

Marine Log, March, 2008

Following the completion of onboard crew training, B.C. Ferries' new M/V Coastal Renaissance will enter service this month in British Columbia on the Departure Bay to Horseshoe Bay route.

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What's significant about the Coastal Renaissance is that it is the first of three Roll-On/Roll-Off double end ferries--believed to be the largest of their type in the world--being built by Germany's Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellshaft. The three ROPAX ferries, the second of which--the Coastal Inspiration--was en route to B.C. Ferries as we went to press, represent a big investment for the ferry operator.

The three Super-C Class ferries are classed by ABS as A1, Vehicle Passenger Ferry, Strait of Georgia Service, AMS, COMF , HAB, ES,...

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