The ferry line, called Hullo, is being launched by the Vancouver Island Ferry Company (VIFC) and is set to begin sailings in late summer 2023. Two high-speed catamaran ferries will offer up to seven round-trip sailings a day between downtown Nanaimo and Vancouver. Each trip on the 354-passenger walk-on ferries will take 70 minutes and sailing schedules and fares will be released in early June. Hullo’s two ferries are undergoing final sea trials at the Damen Group shipyard in Vietnam and are scheduled to sail to Vancouver Island in May.
