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== Ferries ==
The current SeaBus fleet consists of the following vessels:

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:10px"
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! Vessel||Year of construction (location)||Capacity||Status||Exterior||Interior
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| MV ''Burrard Otter''||1976 (Vancouver)||385|| Retired – December 2016||[[File:Burrard Otter SeaBus.JPG|200px]]||[[File:2010-08 SeaBus Burrard Otter Interior.jpg|180px]]
|-
| MV ''Burrard Beaver''||1976 (Victoria)||385||In use||[[File:Burrard Beaver SeaBus.JPG|200px]]|| Similar to ''Burrard Otter''
|-
| MV ''Burrard Pacific Breeze''||2009 (Victoria)||385<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2009/02/passenger-house-of-third-seabus-arrives-at-victoria-shipyards/|title=Passenger house of third SeaBus arrives at Victoria Shipyards|date=February 18, 2009|access-date=March 23, 2017}}</ref>||In use||[[File:Burrard Pacific Breeze SeaBus.JPG|200px]]||[[File:2010-08 SeaBus Burrard Pacific Breeze Interior.jpg|180px]]
|-
| MV ''Burrard Otter II''||2014 (Singapore)||385<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buzzer.translink.ca/2014/08/burrard-otter-ii-arrives-in-b-c-waters/|title=Burrard Otter II arrives in B.C. waters|date=August 12, 2014|access-date=March 23, 2017}}</ref>||In use||(similar to ''Burrard Pacific Breeze'') || (similar to ''Burrard Chinook'')
|-
| MV ''Burrard Chinook''||2019 (Netherlands)||385||In use||[[File:Burrard Chinook.jpg|200px]]||[[File:Burrard Chinook Interior.jpg|200px]]
|}

The ferries are [[catamaran]]s constructed out of [[aluminium]],<ref name="PM2008" /> which was quite rare when the initial two crafts were constructed in the 1970s. The ferries are double-ended so that they can travel in either direction without turning around. There are four [[diesel engine]]s in each vessel, one for each propeller.<ref name="PM2008" /> The propulsion system uses a marine version of the same diesel engine used to power many of the diesel [[bus]]es on the transit system. The ferries can operate with only three engines if required.<ref name="PM2008" /> The ferries are equipped with radar, allowing them to operate in dense fog.

The third vessel, the ''Burrard Pacific Breeze'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://theprovince.com/SeaBus+named+Burrard+Pacific+Breeze/1261752/story.html |title=New SeaBus named Burrard Pacific Breeze |access-date=June 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720072218/http://www.theprovince.com/SeaBus+named+Burrard+Pacific+Breeze/1261752/story.html |archive-date=July 20, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> began service in December 2009, and TransLink operated all three ferries during the [[2010 Winter Olympics]]. TransLink originally planned to provide regular three-vessel service by 2011 by overhauling and refitting both the ''Burrard Otter'' and the ''Burrard Beaver'' following the games to extend their service life for an additional twenty years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.translink.ca/en/About-TransLink/Media/2008/November/Name-the-SeaBus-Contest.aspx |title=Name the SeaBus Contest |access-date=June 2, 2009 |archive-date=November 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113042958/http://www.translink.ca/en/About-TransLink/Media/2008/November/Name-the-SeaBus-Contest.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, citing the lack of funding, the agency announced in 2009 it planned to upgrade only one of the original vessels and retire the other one; another new ferry will be commissioned instead if funding becomes available in the future.<ref>[https://bc.ctvnews.ca/seabus-fleet-grows-for-olympics-but-won-t-last-1.467595 SeaBus fleet grows for Olympics, but won't last], [[CTV News]], December 23, 2009. Accessed online January 16, 2010.</ref>

TransLink resumed two-vessel service in March 2010, mostly using the ''Burrard Beaver'' and the ''Burrard Pacific Breeze'', with the ''Burrard Otter'' being used as a substitute. At that point the agency announced its intention to keep all three vessels in the expectation that funding becomes available for three-vessel service in the future.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.translink.ca/en/About-Us/Media/2010/March/Public-transportation-after-the-Games.aspx|title=Public transportation after the Games: where do we go from here?|publisher=TransLink|date=March 5, 2010|access-date=May 17, 2012}}</ref>

In late 2012, TransLink announced it had selected [[Damen Group]] of the Netherlands to build the fourth SeaBus vessel, the MV ''Burrard Chinook''; the project was expected to cost approximately $25{{nbsp}}million.<ref name="TL121217">{{cite web |url=http://www.translink.ca/en/About-Us/Media/2012/December/A-new-efficient-SeaBus-to-be-built-to-keep-service-reliable.aspx |title=A new efficient SeaBus to be built to keep service reliable |publisher=TransLink |date=December 17, 2012 |access-date=January 2, 2013 |archive-date=October 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002141624/http://www.translink.ca/en/About-Us/Media/2012/December/A-new-efficient-SeaBus-to-be-built-to-keep-service-reliable.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Outlook121219">{{cite news |title=TransLink picks offshore firm to build next SeaBus |last=Nagel |first=Jeff |url=http://www.northshoreoutlook.com/news/184134861.html |newspaper=North Shore Outlook |date=December 19, 2012 |access-date=January 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101053234/http://www.northshoreoutlook.com/news/184134861.html |archive-date=January 1, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The new vessel was expected to enter service in the fourth quarter of 2014, at which point the ''Burrard Beaver'' would become a spare vessel and the ''Burrard Otter'' would be retired.<ref name="TL121217" /><ref name="Outlook121219" /> Construction on the fourth SeaBus was delayed until November 2017,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://buzzer.translink.ca/2017/11/ahoy-mateys-construction-has-launched-for-metro-vancouvers-newest-seabus/ |title=Ahoy mateys! Construction begins for Metro Vancouver's newest SeaBus |date=November 10, 2017 |access-date=October 15, 2019 |work=The Buzzer Blog |publisher=TransLink |first=Sarah |last=Kertcher}}</ref> at which point the project cost had grown to $32.2{{nbsp}}million.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.straight.com/news/1242926/burrard-chinook-prepares-join-translinks-fleet-seabus-ships |title=The Burrard Chinook prepares to join TransLink's fleet of SeaBus ships this summer |first=Travis |last=Lupick |work=The Georgia Straight |date=May 20, 2019 |access-date=October 15, 2019}}</ref> In September 2019, TransLink announced the ''Chinook'' would not enter service until mid-2020.<ref name="chinook-delay">{{cite web|date=September 25, 2019|title=TransLink's new SeaBus delayed to summer 2020|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/translink-s-new-seabus-delayed-to-summer-2020-1.5297722|access-date=October 15, 2019|work=CBC News}}</ref> It ultimately entered service on July 22, 2021.<ref name="2021newseabus" />

Before the ''Chinook'' entered service, there used to be no spare ferries, and all refits and upgrades were done during a long weekend when the half-hour service could be maintained with one vessel. Engine replacements and minor refits can be done during the system downtime overnight. Despite running for over 35 years, the two original ships were rarely taken out of service for maintenance, boasting a service reliability of over 99.9%.<ref name="PM2008" /><ref name="TL070615">{{cite web |url=http://www.translink.ca/en/About-Us/Media/2007/June/Chair-honors-Visionaries-as-SeaBus-turns-30.aspx |title=Chair honors "Visionaries" as SeaBus turns 30 |publisher=TransLink |date=June 15, 2007 |access-date=May 17, 2012 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225727/http://www.translink.ca/en/About-Us/Media/2007/June/Chair-honors-Visionaries-as-SeaBus-turns-30.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Fuel efficiency ===
The Vancouver SeaBus uses 83 kilowatt-hours per vehicle-kilometre, at a speed of 13.5 kilometres per hour. When full (i.e. when seating 400 people), the energy used is 0.21 kilowatt-hours per passenger-kilometre.<ref>David J.C. MacKay. Sustainable Energy – without the hot air. UIT Cambridge, 2008. {{ISBN|978-0-9544529-3-3}}. http://www.withouthotair.com. p. 120.</ref>

=== Livery ===
The colour scheme of SeaBus has changed at least three times since opening in 1977. From launch until 1985, both the ''Burrard Otter'' and the ''Burrard Beaver'' were painted a bright orange colour in order to make them highly visible to other ships and tugs using the harbour, since the SeaBus route crosses the path of other traffic. To accommodate Vancouver's [[Expo 86]], the city's then-transit authority [[BC Transit]] changed the design scheme to white with one red and one blue stripe as well as a BC flag label, matching SeaBus with the then newly built [[SkyTrain (Vancouver)|SkyTrain]] system and newly ordered bus fleet. This remained until the 1999/2000 handover of BC Transit to Metro Vancouver's present transportation administration, TransLink. The paint scheme has since been white (or grey) with blue and golden yellow strips across the sides of the ferries.

Rather than using the standard livery, the ''Burrard Chinook'' is wrapped in art illustrating the lifecycle of the [[Chinook salmon]], designed by Indigenous artists from the [[Musqueam Indian Band]], the [[Squamish Nation]], and the [[Tsleil-Waututh First Nation]].<ref name="2021newseabus"/>