The Salish Eagle, the second of B.C. Ferries’ three new Salish Class vessels, will arrive at Victoria’s Ogden Point on Monday morning, said B.C. Ferries spokeswoman Deborah Marshall.
It left shipyards in Gdansk, Poland on Feb. 11 and is arriving ahead of schedule after a 10,440-nautical-mile journey.
The vessel, fueled by natural gas, will undergo crew training before it is put in service in the Southern Gulf Islands this summer.
Artwork which will adorn the Salish Eagle was designed by Stz'uminus First Nation’s John Marston; it will be applied on the ferry when it arrives in B.C.
Salish class vessels are 107 metres long and can each carry 145 vehicles and 600 passengers. They will cost a total of about $200 million to build.
The Salish Orca, the first of the ferries to be built, arrived in B.C. in January after a 50-day journey from Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. in Gdansk, Poland.
It is scheduled to be in operation by early spring on the Powell River-Comox route.
