Oh goodness. If it’s not one problem with BC Ferries, Transport Canada, or the Transportation Safety Board, it’s another. The Province reports: Increased costs, fewer sailings if safety measures implemented on BC Ferries.

Acting on the Transportation Safety Board’s recently released Watchlist of recommendations would increase costs and reduce service on B.C. Ferries, according to a spokeswoman for the company.

Deborah Marshall of BC Ferries didn’t have the exact costs of implementing the TSB Watchlist but said it would increase costs a lot more.

We certainly wouldn’t be sailing every hour, said Marshall.

Well, yeah, not if they have to have a list of all passengers’ names, which is what Marshall thinks the watchlist requires.

B.C. Ferries and Marine Workers Union president Richard Goode agreed with Marshall about the unwieldiness of accounting for every passenger.

You’d almost have to have 100-per-cent reservations, said Goode.

He pointed to routes like the one to Gabriola Island, where identifying all the passengers could take longer than the 20-minute trip. [continue]

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