MV Coastal Celebration

Coastal Celebration arriving at Departure Bay on June 18, 2008.
History
Canada
Name: Coastal Celebration
Operator: BC Ferries
Port of registry: Victoria
Route: Swartz Bay-Tsawwassen
Awarded: September 17, 2004
Builder: Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft
Yard number: 735
Laid down: September 1, 2007
Launched: December 14, 2007
Acquired: May 8, 2008
In service: November 21, 2008
Out of service: May 5 2011-May 12 2011
Homeport: Swartz Bay
Identification:
General characteristics
Class and type: Coastal-class ferry
Tonnage: 1,770 DWT
Displacement: 10,034 t (9,876 long tons; 11,061 short tons) (max)
Length: 160 m (524 ft 11 in)
Beam: 28.2 m (92 ft 6 in)
Draft: 5.75 m (18 ft 10 in)
Propulsion: 4 × MaK 8M32C diesel engines[1]
Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity:
  • 1,650 passengers
  • 370 vehicles

MV Coastal Celebration is the third and final Coastal-class ship to be delivered to BC Ferries. Amenities include a Coastal Cafe, Coast Cafe Express, Passages gift shop, SeaWest Lounge, Kid Zone play areas, arcade, business work stations, a conference room, and staterooms. Unlike her sister ships, Coastal Renaissance and Coastal Inspiration, Coastal Celebration is equipped with a Pacific Buffet for service on the Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen route. The buffet is in place of the Sitka Coffee Place, at one end of deck 6.

Coastal Celebration completed major construction. The vessel left Flensburg on May 9, made a promotional stop in London, England on May 12, 2008, transited the Panama Canal on June 1 and arrived in British Columbia on June 18. The vessel is now in service.

References

  1. ↑ MaK
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