Statistics	M.V. Carrier Princess
Official Number	0347756
Place Built	North Vancouver
Builder	Burrard Dry Dock Co.
Year Built	1973
Passenger Capacity	358
Vehicle Capacity	150
Trailer Capacity	38
Railcar Capacity	22
Length	112.20 m
Breadth	20.15 m
Gross Tons	4,352.63
Service Speed	18 knots
Horsepower	11,500

Notes of Interest:

• Built between 1972 and 1973, the Carrier Princess was modelled after Canadian Pacific's Trailer Princess, CP's first full-fledged freight/trailer ferry.
• When building the Carrier Princess it was their intention that the ferry would be capable of carrying vehicles and passengers as well as trailers or railcars. At times, the Carrier Princess was used as a supplementary vessel on the Vancouver - Nanaimo run, with the Princess of Vancouver in the early 1970's.
• Although very different from most of Canadian Pacific's "Princess Ships," which operated along the B.C. coast from the beginning of the 20th century, the Carrier Princess and the Princess Superior are the last of the "Princess Ships" still in operation.
• On November 17, 1998, CP's Coastal Marine and the two ships Carrier Princess and Princess Superior were sold to Seaspan.
• Today, Carrier Princess is operated by Seaspan Coastal Intermodal Company, which is part of the Washington Marine Group. Seaspan Coastal Intermodal transports truck trailers and rail cars between Delta, B.C. (Tilbury terminal), Nanaimo, and Swartz Bay.
• Carrier Princess does two round trips between Tilbury and Swartz Bay every weekday and one round trip on Saturdays.

Links and Sources:

C.P. Coasters - Short history with photos of the Seaspan Coastal Intermodal fleet.

Seaspan Coastal Intermodal - Fleet information, schedules, terminal descriptions, etc.

Turner, Robert D. The Pacific Princesses. Victoria: Sono Nis Press, 1977.