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The Port of Prince Rupert is a seaport managed by the Prince Rupert Port Authority that occupies 667,731 hectares (1,650,000 acres) of land and water along 20 kilometres (12 miles) of waterfront. The port is located in Prince Rupert Harbour in the North Coast Regional District of British Columbia .
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 19:44, 27 June 2013: 1,680 × 945 (513 KB): Compdude123 {{Information |Description=This view is from the wheelhouse of the BC Ferry Queen of Prince Rupert which, I assume, was waiting for the ''Wickersham'' to vacate the berth which at that time was shared by BC & Alaska ferries.
The ferry service started operations in 1962, and had a 3-day voyage between Whittier and Prince Rupert, usually operating once a week, year-round. The Aquatrain barge was built in 1982 by South Korea's Shin-A shipbuilding, and is 400 ft × 100 ft (122 m × 30 m).
BC Ferries has the largest fleet of vehicle ferry vessels in the world. There are at least 45 vessels, ranging from small passenger-only water taxis, up to the 358-car Spirit-class ferries. All of the vessels in use by BC Ferries are roll-on/roll-off car ferries. Most of the major vessels are based on similar designs, which are aggregated into ...
Vessel Name Launch Date Maiden Voyage Notes Current Status 1973 Carrier Princess Seaspan uses the same name after 1998. Still in service for Seaspan. 1974 Princess Superior Originally named the Incan Superior when built. Renamed Princess Superior in 1993 for Coastal Marine Operations, Seaspan uses the same name after 1998. Still in service for ...
The vessel left Germany on January 30, 2009 bound for British Columbia via the Panama Canal. [5] Northern Expedition completed her 9,900-nautical-mile (18,300 km; 11,400 mi) journey on March 6, 2009, passing Victoria and Vancouver before arriving in Departure Bay at Nanaimo for post-voyage inspection.
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The MV Wickersham was a mainline ferry vessel for the Alaska Marine Highway. Wickersham was the second vessel, after the MV Chilkat, in the Alaska Marine Highway fleet to not have been constructed specifically for AMHS, but was rather acquired for from the Stena Line, where it was known as the Stena Britannica and served the Kiel, Germany–Gothenburg, Sweden route.