Coastal-class ferry

Coastal Celebration arrives at Departure Bay
Class overview
Builders	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Germany
Operators	BC Ferries
Preceded by	Victoria class Cowichan class
Built	2007–2008
In service	2008–present
Completed	3
Active	3
General characteristics
Type	Double-ended, roll-on/roll-off ferry
Tonnage	2,366 DWT 21,777 GT
Displacement	10,034 t (9,876 long tons)
Length	160.0 m (524 ft 11 in) oa 156.0 m (511 ft 10 in) pp
Beam	28.2 m (92 ft 6 in)
Draught	5.6 m (18 ft 4 in) max
Decks	7
Installed power	21,444 hp (15,991 kW)
Propulsion	4 × MaK 8M32C diesel engines
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Capacity	1,604 passengers and crew 310 vehicles

Coastal-class ferries, also known as the "Super-C class" are three ferries owned and operated by BC Ferries of British Columbia, Canada and were built at the Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft shipyard in Flensburg, Germany. They are the second-largest ships in the BC Ferries fleet, surpassed only by the two larger, single-ended Spirit-class ferries. At the time of their building, the three ships were the largest double-ended ferries in the world, however the record has since been surpassed.

The three ferries (Coastal Renaissance, Coastal Inspiration, and Coastal Celebration) were ordered by BC Ferries to replace the aging V-class ferries. They operate on two of the busiest routes connecting the Lower Mainland to Vancouver Island—Tsawwassen↔Swartz Bay and Tsawwassen↔Duke Point. In the past, they have also served the Horseshoe Bay↔Departure Bay route, but have since been reassigned.^[1]