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BC Ferries notifies the Commissioner that no respondent who expressed interest in providing ferry service on three of its routes numbered 23, 24 and 25 has elected to proceed to the next stage. BC Ferries continues to be the provider of service on these routes. Here is BC Ferries’ one-page letter on the matter.
Before the amendment, the Act required BC Ferries to provide the Commission with an ASP Plan for each performance term. An ASP Plan sets out how the company intends to seek ASPs to provide ferry services on BC Ferries’ 25 regulated routes.
Prior to 1960, the internal water transportation needs of the province of British Columbia were served entirely by essentially unregulated, privately operated services. This page provides a short history of how the province became involved in providing ferry services, creating a publicly owned entity which was the ancestor of today’s BC Ferries.
BC Ferries advises the Commissioner that while an assessment of the proposals received in response to the June 2009 RFP for service to Ocean Falls and Shearwater concluded that an ASP could provide the service on a more cost-effective basis than BC Ferries, the Province was not in a position to provide the authorization required under the Coastal Ferry Services Contract in order for BC Ferries to proceed. Accordingly, BC Ferries cancells this alternative service delivery initiative. BC Ferries continues to be the direct provider of service to these ports.