CIRQL Ferries

New hurdle cleared! CIRQL Ferries moves forward on Vancouver’s Harbour Green dock as our downtown landing site, after successful motions passed this month by Vancouver Park Board and City Council.

Next up: contract negotiations with the City to finalize CIRQL Ferries’ access to the site.

It took a HUGE team effort (navigating through highs and lows!) to get here and we could not be more grateful to those who helped make this happen. Stay tuned for service to begin in 2028 ⛴️

CIRQL Ferries clears Vancouver landing site and plans to help revitalize Harbour Green dock Key part of CIRQL venture falls into place with recent Vancouver Park Board and City Council motions

CIRQL Ferries is dedicated to offering-up new options for coastal transportation in BC, starting with fast, all-electric, passenger-only ferries that provide seamless connections into the transit, car-share, and ride-hail networks of Metro Vancouver. CIRQL Ferries leverages Canada’s unique capital and operational incentives only available for emission-free transport. On Oct 22nd, join Capt. Darren Pereira and Callum Campbell, P.Eng, MBA for a lunchtime webinar on our work, our progress to date, and what's left to do to bring this vision to reality. Registration here:

CIRQL Ferries - VMCC Speaker Series — Vancouver Maritime Centre for Climate Hear from CIRQL Ferries’ leadership team about their journey to date as they seek to launch BC’s first fully-electric passenger ferry service. CIRQL Ferries Incorporated is a BC-based company focused on transforming coastal transportation with fast, all-electric, passenger-only ferries linking G...

We're pleased to unveil our planned "charge barge" for Gibsons, designed to accommodate charging for Greenline's all-electric vessels as well as other vessels that visit the harbour. Thanks to 3GA Marine Ltd. and Boniface Oleksiuk Politano Architects for collaborating on this design!

Electric ferry charge barge design ready for potential 2026 construction Electric passenger ferry service to Gibsons, Bowen Island and Vancouver expects to start formal permitting for the Gibsons charge barge later this year and construction next year, says the Greenline Ferries CEO.

From the Squamish Chief newspaper after our presentation to community leaders: "The municipality is excited about the possibility of a new mode of transportation in the area".

Greenline is excited too! As we speak, our team is doing the work to problem-solve about how this service would come together. A possible pilot project is in the works, so stay tuned.

Updated: It's a boat? It's a plane? It's a new possible Squamish-based electric ferry The District of Squamish says it is 'excited' about this possibility.

From the Squamish Chief newspaper after our presentation to community leaders: "The municipality is excited about the possibility of a new mode of transportation in the area".

Greenline is excited too! As we speak, our team is doing the work to problem-solve about how this service would come together. A possible pilot project is in the works, so stay tuned.

https://www.squamishchief.com/local-news/its-a-boat-its-a-plane-its-a-new-possible-squamish-based-electric-ferry-9145659

Nice update from Bowen Island Undercurrent after our recent update to Council.

Passenger ferry servicing Downtown to Bowen & Sunshine Coast eyes 2026 launch date Goal is for sailings to be zero-emissions

Carbon offsets can help bring climate projects to reality. That's why Greenline works with Victoria-based Natureblocks on a formal accounting of our climate benefits, through which offsets can be generated and then offered for sale. Natureblocks Founder & CEO James Davidson breaks it all down in this Victoria Tech Journal profile. https://victechjournal.com/p/james-davidson-natureblocks-carbon-offsets

A lot of heavy lifting goes into launching a new ferry service, and yesterday's crane pick in Victoria is an important milestone along the way. Congrats to our compadres at Vancouver Island Ferry Company on a successful delivery, and a pair of handsome ships. Almost there!

https://www.timescolonist.com/business/new-hullo-foot-passenger-ferries-arrive-at-ogden-point-7194190

It's ! Shout-out to all the glass sponges out there in Howe Sound. These animals have incredibly complex lattice-like skeletons that have remained the same for hundreds of millions of years. Once thought to be extinct, glass sponge reefs were rediscovered in coastal BC in the 80s, and Howe Sound is the only place to find them. Kudos to all who work to protect them:

Howe Sound Biosphere Region Initiative
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Sunshine Coast Conservation Association

Learn more: http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2061896259617

Photo credit to Adam Taylor

Our recent op-ed: Car ferries have a significant emissions impact. To face our most urgent challenges, we need to bring our best tools to the job — with one important tool being passenger-only ferry service.

Opinion: BC's coastal ferries need passenger-only vessels, not just for cars | Urbanized Passenger-only ferries need to be introduced to British Columbia's coastal ferries network, including for the BC Ferries fleet.