Overview
- BC Ferries will add a 5% fuel surcharge across all routes starting June 16 to help cover sharply higher fuel costs.
- The company says global fuel prices have climbed more than 40% since March because of instability in the Middle East and worries about the Strait of Hormuz.
- BC Ferries used a legislated fuel deferral account to absorb increases until now and says it ran multiple models before choosing a temporary surcharge as the least disruptive option.
- The surcharge will raise fares modestly — for example a foot passenger on Swartz Bay–Tsawwassen would move from $21 to about $22.05 and a vehicle fare from $89 to about $93.45.
- BC Ferries will monitor fuel markets and reduce or remove the surcharge only if prices stabilize or decline for a sustained period, with no specific end date announced.