纳奈莫女王将被替换为新船LNG动力。

卑诗渡轮专员已批准兴建三个新的中间级船舶以取代本那比的48岁的女王和49岁的女王纳奈莫BC渡轮的应用。这些船只都即将结束其使用寿命，并计划在2016年退休。卑诗渡轮拟收购液化天然气为燃料的船舶。

卑诗渡轮拟建造两艘船只能够运载145辆汽车和600名乘客和机组人员，以取代女王的伯纳比，帆Comox和鲍威尔河之间，并取代纳奈莫，哪些服务Tsawwassen的女王 - 南海湾群岛的航班。第三个容器，能够运载125辆和600名乘客和机组人员也将被建成以增强服务Tsawwassen的峰值和肩膀季节 - 南海湾群岛的航班，加上其他两个新船提供改装救济。

“当我们开始我们的新造船计划的下一个阶段，通过整体类和标准化战略等一系列建设程序的一个主要目标是实现资本和运营成本节约和效率”，卑诗渡轮公司总裁兼首席执行官迈克·科里根说。

卑诗渡轮打算继续将选择通过一个正式的采购过程中与一间造船厂设计建造合约。本公司将发出资格预审要求在本月晚些时候。加拿大和国际船厂在这个过程中被邀请参加。卑诗渡轮预计该项目在2014年1月授予合同。两个145汽车渡轮服务预计将在2016年和125辆渡轮有望
在2017年进入服役。

尚未敲定其中的主要设计元素是那些尊重液化天然气（LNG）。虽然BC渡轮拟收购液化天然气为燃料的船舶，进一步的技术分析和财务分析作出最后决定之前，将需要。这些分析很大程度上取决于招标书的回应。虽然燃用液化天然气的船只预计将有较高的初始投资成本比燃用柴油，他们预计将有较低的整个生命周期的成本，这将有正面的影响，票价。

The BC Ferries Commissioner has approved BC Ferries’ application to construct three new intermediate class vessels to replace the 48-year old Queen of Burnaby and the 49-year old Queen of Nanaimo. Both of these vessels are nearing the end of their service lives and are scheduled for retirement in 2016. BC Ferries intends to acquire LNG-fuelled vessels.

BC Ferries intends to build two vessels capable of carrying 145 vehicles and up to 600 passengers and crew to replace the Queen of Burnaby, which sails between Comox and Powell River and to replace the Queen of Nanaimo, which services the Tsawwassen – Southern Gulf Islands route. A third vessel capable of carrying 125 vehicles and 600 passengers and crew will also be built to augment peak and shoulder season service on the Tsawwassen – Southern Gulf Islands route, plus provide refit relief for the other two new ships.

“As we begin the next phase of our newbuild program, a key objective is to achieve capital and operating cost savings and efficiencies through an overall class and standardization strategy and a series build program,” said Mike Corrigan, BC Ferries’ President and CEO.

BC Ferries intends to pursue a design-build contract with a shipyard that will be selected through a formal procurement process. The Company will be issuing a Request for Pre-Qualification later this month. Canadian and international shipyards are invited to participate in this process. BC Ferries expects to award a contract for this project in January 2014. The two-145 vehicle ferries are expected to be in service in 2016 and the 125-vehicle ferry is expected to
enter service in 2017.

Among the key design elements yet to be finalized are those respecting liquefied natural gas (LNG). While BC Ferries intends to acquire LNG-fuelled vessels, further technical and financial analyses will be required before a final decision is made. These analyses very much depend on the responses to the Request for Proposals. While vessels fuelled with LNG are expected to have a higher initial capital costs than those fuelled with diesel, they are expected to have lower overall life cycle costs, which would have a positive impact on fares.