M/V Northern Adventure
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| M/V Northern Adventure | |
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| Shipbuilder: | Atsalakis Yards, Perama, Greece |
| Launched: | June 2004 |
| Delivered: | 26 July 2004 to Tomasos Transporto & Tourism (TTT Lines), Naples, Italy. |
| Previous names: | M/V Sonia, Adamantios Korais (during construction) |
| Status: | In service |
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| Displacement: | 9,925 Gross Register Tonnage |
| Length: | 117 m |
| Beam: | 20.0 m |
| Draft: | 4.7 m |
| Propulsion: | Två MaK 16M32C diesel 16000 kW Engine |
| Speed: | 20.3 knots |
| Passengers: | 600+ |
| Staterooms: | 74 |
| Car capacity: | 101 |
The M/V Northern Adventure is a RORO ferry operated by BC Ferries along the scenic Inside Passage route between Port Hardy and Prince Rupert, British Columbia. It replaced the M/V Queen of the North, which sank in March 2006.
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[edit] History
Construction on the ship began in Greece in 2001. Due to unspecified delays during construction of the hull, work was delayed, and construction was not completed until June 2004. The ship was first chartered by the Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago to run the route between Port of Spain, Trinidad, and Scarborough, Tobago. Ship operations were managed by International Shipping Partners. The ferry then operated out of Barcelona before being purchased by BC Ferries in a deal worth €35.7 million, or $50.6 million CAD. The ship was painted in BC Ferries livery and sailed from Greece to Victoria, BC via the Panama Canal. The vessel arrived at the Victoria shipyards on December 18, 2006, where it underwent an $18-million refit and interior upgrade that finished in March 2007.
[edit] Future
The Northern Adventure replaced the overburdened M/V Queen of Prince Rupert along the Inside Passage route between Port Hardy and Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The upgraded ferry carried BC Ferries passengers for the first time on a trip from Port Hardy to Prince Rupert on the evening of 31 March 2007. In 2009, the Northern Adventure will be joined by the M/V Northern Expedition.
[edit] Controversy
The use of non-union GMI labour (in contravention of the LIUNA collective agreement) in the Victoria Shipyards refit is currently a matter of arbitration.[citation needed]
There was also some controversy over the name of the ship - some believed that BC Ferries should have named the ship after the community of Hartley Bay, British Columbia, whose residents helped the passengers of the Queen of the North after the sinking.
