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Tsawwassen – Duke Point (Nanaimo)
Reliability BPunctuality Fimproving
Rarely cancelled, but the worst on-time of any major route (67%). And in April 2026 a post-refit control-system failure cancelled sailings for days. See incidents.
99.3%
sailings completed
reliability B · 0.7% cancelled (weather)
67%
on-time
punctuality F · within 10 min of schedule
F
overall grade (FY2025)
weakest link — worse of the two
Total cancellations: 40 in FY2025 vs 88 the year before — trend is improving.
How this route compares
On-time67%
system average 84%
Cancelled0.7%
system average 1.4% · scale 0–8%
Left vehicles behind35.7%
system average 15.5% · scale 0–60%
What the cancellations were0% mechanical
■ mechanical (maintenance) · ■ weather / crew / other
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Build a claim →Documented incidents on this route
Duke Point vessel shelved after refit
Post-refit steering / propulsion control failure
Recent live delays captured
| 2:00 pm sailing | ~14 min late | 11 hr ago |
| 3:15 pm sailing | ~30 min late | 11 hr ago |
| 3:15 pm sailing | ~16 min late | 34 hr ago |
| 2:00 pm sailing | ~15 min late | 35 hr ago |
| 3:15 pm sailing | ~16 min late | 35 hr ago |
| 2:00 pm sailing | ~15 min late | 36 hr ago |
| 8:15 pm sailing | ~12 min late | 55 hr ago |
| 3:15 pm sailing | ~14 min late | 82 hr ago |
| 5:45 pm sailing | ~16 min late | 104 hr ago |
| 5:45 pm sailing | ~16 min late | 105 hr ago |
| 2:00 pm sailing | ~12 min late | 107 hr ago |
| 2:00 pm sailing | ~12 min late | 108 hr ago |
| 10:15 am sailing | ~12 min late | 112 hr ago |
| 10:45 pm sailing | ~12 min late | 124 hr ago |
| 2:00 pm sailing | ~11 min late | 131 hr ago |