Passengers should check for ferry cancellations due to staffing issues: BC Ferries

A BC Ferries spokesman says passengers should check for possible service disruptions before they arrive at a terminal because sailings have recently been cancelled due to staffing issues.

Dan McIntosh says COVID-19 infections among employees, as well as seasonal cold and flu and winter storms could nix travel plans if vessels don't have enough employees to operate them as usual.

He says staff have been cross-trained to do other duties and can be deployed on other routes, but that may not be enough if certain members of the crew, like the captain, or engineers, can't be on the job.

Four sailings were cancelled this weekend on the route between Horseshoe Bay and Nanaimo due to staffing shortages.