MV Northern Sea Wolf
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History | |
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Greece | |
Name | Agios Andreas II |
Owner | Agios Andreas Shipping |
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Port of registry | Piraeus, Greece |
Builder | Panagiotakis Brothers, Salamis, Greece |
Launched | 2000 |
Completed | 2000 |
Maiden voyage | 2000 |
Notes | Sold |
Greece | |
Name | Andreas II |
Owner | Atlas V Shipping |
Acquired | 2005 |
Sweden | |
Name | Mr Shoppy One |
Owner | Orvelin Group |
Acquired | 2007 |
Greece | |
Name | Aqua Spirit |
Owner | Orveline Hellenic Shipping Company |
Operator | |
Canada | |
Name | Northern Sea Wolf |
Owner | British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. |
Operator | BC Ferries |
Port of registry | Victoria, British Columbia |
Route | Bella Coola to Port Hardy Also Bella Coola to Ocean Falls, Denny Island (Shearwater), Bella Bella year round |
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Acquired | August 30, 2017 |
In service | June 3, 2019 |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ferry |
Tonnage | |
Length | 76.38 m (250 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 15 m (49 ft 3 in) |
Draft | 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in) |
Ramps | One on transom |
Installed power | 2 × 2,399 kW (3,217 hp) Cummins diesel engines |
Propulsion | 2 propellers |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Capacity |
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The MV Northern Sea Wolf is a roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ferry operated by BC Ferries in British Columbia, Canada. Her normal sailing schedule is five days a week during the peak summer season on the Inside Passage route connecting Bella Coola and Port Hardy. The route normally takes about ten hours to complete. Her schedule calls for one trip per day during daylight hours to maximize passenger enjoyment of the scenery. Lack of sufficient crew accommodation limits voyage to 12 hours per day precluding travel for indigenous tourism to the outer coast towns without a multiple days or week visit.
Uniquely for a BC Ferries vessel, the Northern Sea Wolf does not have doors on both ends, requiring vehicles to either turn around after boarding or reverse down the loading ramp.