MV Coastal Renaissance

MV Coastal Renaissance
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The Coastal Renaissance entering Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal on February 10, 2008.
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Name: M/V Coastal Renaissance
Operator: BC Ferries
Port of registry: Victoria
Route: Departure Bay-Horseshoe Bay
Awarded: September 17, 2004
Builder: Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft
Yard number: 733
Laid down: January 2, 2007
Launched: April 19, 2007
In service: March 8, 2008
Homeport: Departure Bay
Identification: IMO number: 9332755
Official number: 832105
Callsign: CFN4888
General characteristics
Class and type: Coastal Class
Tonnage: 1,770 t (Deadweight)
Displacement: 10,034 t (max)
Length: 160 m
Beam: 28.2 m
Draft: 5.75 m
Propulsion: Four MaK 8M32C diesel engines [1]
Speed: 21 knots
Capacity: 1,650 passengers
370 vehicles

M/V Coastal Renaissance is the first of three Coastal Class ships delivered to BC Ferries. Amenities include a Coastal Cafe, Coast Cafe Express, Passages gift shop, Sitka Coffee Place, SeaWest Lounge, Kid Zone play areas, arcade, business work stations. This ship operates mainly on the Departure Bay-Horseshoe Bay route in the peak season, but can replace her sisters on the Duke Point-Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay-Tsawwassen routes whenever they go for refits.

The ship was launched on April 19, 2007, and has completed major construction. The ship left FSG for her delivery voyage to British Columbia on October 27, 2007. She transited the Panama Canal on November 21.

The ship arrived in Nanaimo on December 13, 2007, after passing by Victoria and looping around Vancouver Harbour. After post-delivery activities, including crew training, she entered service.

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