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53-463: British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. , operating as BC Ferries ( BCF ), is a former provincial Crown corporation , now operating as an independently managed, publicly owned Canadian company. BC Ferries provides all major passenger and vehicle ferry services for coastal and island communities in the Canadian province of British Columbia . Set up in 1960 to provide a similar service to that provided by

106-420: A DBA must be registered with a local or state government, or both, depending on the jurisdiction. For example, California, Texas and Virginia require a DBA to be registered with each county (or independent city in the case of Virginia) where the owner does business. Maryland and Colorado have DBAs registered with a state agency. Virginia also requires corporations and LLCs to file a copy of their registration with

159-467: A DBA statement, though names including the first and last name of the owner may be accepted. This also reduces the possibility of two local businesses operating under the same name, although some jurisdictions do not provide exclusivity for a name, or may allow more than one party to register the same name. Note, though, that this is not a substitute for filing a trademark application. A DBA filing carries no legal weight in establishing trademark rights. In

212-401: A Ministry of Highways report recommended developing a new ferry route between Iona Island south of Vancouver and Gabriola Island south of Nanaimo. Another report recommending the same solution was produced in 1988. This proposed route is 22 kilometres shorter than the current route and would have also eliminated the problems with ferry terminal traffic. Ultimately, the government did build

265-516: A businessperson writes a trade name on a contract, invoice, or cheque, they must also add the legal name of the business. Numbered companies will very often operate as something other than their legal name, which is unrecognizable to the public. In Chile , a trade name is known as a nombre de fantasía ('fantasy' or 'fiction' name), and the legal name of business is called a razón social (social name). In Ireland , businesses are legally required to register business names where these differ from

318-473: A cost-plus basis. It would have to act as project manager and assume the risk of the fast ferries. Catamaran Ferries International (CFI), a wholly owned subsidiary of BC Ferries, was incorporated in March 1996 to carry out the work and construction started later that year. The CFI board was suddenly replaced a year later with a new one whose members were either part of CFI management, had significant business ties to

371-521: A fixed price and fixed schedule contract. Coastal Renaissance entered service in March 2008, while Coastal Inspiration was delivered the same month and entered service in June that year. The third ship, Coastal Celebration , was delivered in June of the same year and entered service in November. On August 18, 2006, BC Ferries commissioned Flensburger to build a new vessel for its Inside Passage route, with

424-606: A new ferry terminal for Nanaimo: Duke Point, which opened in 1997 and which serves as terminus for the ferry route from Tsawwassen. Duke Point was intended to divert truck traffic away from the Horsesehoe Bay-Departure Bay route. This situation was the starting point from which the fast ferry project developed. In 1992, BC Ferries and the government began reviewing the issue of ferry service to Nanaimo. The final report, completed in January 1994, neither supported nor endorsed

477-516: A part of BC Ferries standardized fleet plan, which will take the number of ship classes in the BC Ferries fleet from 17 to 5. The proposed replacement classes are Northern, Major, Salish, Shuttle and Island. Additionally, there will still be three unique ( unclassed ) vessels in the fleet after standardization is complete. BC Ferries has stated, however, that this total standardization of the fleet will not be achieved for another 40 years. As of March 2024,

530-635: A private corporation, implemented through the passage of the Coastal Ferry Act (Bill 18–2003). The single voting share of BC Ferries Corporation is held by the provincial government's BC Ferry Authority , which operates under the rules of the Act. In the summer of 1958, a strike by employees of CP Steamships and the Black Ball Line caused the Social Credit government of W. A. C. Bennett to decide that

583-458: A registered legal name and a fictitious business name, or trade name, is important because fictitious business names do not always identify the entity that is legally responsible . Legal agreements (such as contracts ) are normally made using the registered legal name of the business. If a corporation fails to consistently adhere to such important legal formalities like using its registered legal name in contracts, it may be subject to piercing of

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636-402: A trade name to conduct business using a simpler name rather than using their formal and often lengthier name. Trade names are also used when a preferred name cannot be registered, often because it may already be registered or is too similar to a name that is already registered. Using one or more fictitious business names does not create additional separate legal entities. The distinction between

689-622: A variety of BC companies. Completed modules were transported to CFI's facility in North Vancouver and assembled there. This was done both to stimulate the shipbuilding industry and to make it unnecessary to build a much larger facility for the PacifiCat construction. The fast ferries were intended to achieve crossing times that were 30 minutes faster than those of conventional ferries, making twelve crossings per day rather than eight. Although they initially achieved this crossing time, complaints of

742-832: Is called a razón social . PacifiCat-class ferry The PacifiCat class of fast ferries was operated from June 1999 to March 2000 by BC Ferries in British Columbia , Canada . Three PacifiCat catamarans - Explorer , Discovery , and Voyager - were built between 1996 and 2000 as part of a major public project to improve ferry service between the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island . The first two catamarans were briefly used for revenue service between Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver and Departure Bay in Nanaimo from 1999 to March 2000. The third catamaran, PacifiCat Voyager ,

795-628: Is located at Vancouver Island's northern tip of their part of the Trans-Canada Highway ( Nanaimo ). Horseshoe Bay is the mainland connection to the Trans-Canada Highway freeway. In addition, the Horseshoe Bay terminal is located in a very small cove next to a commercial marina and there have been several collisions between pleasure craft and ferries over the years. The provincial government was aware of these issues as early as 1972, when

848-553: The Black Ball Line and the Canadian Pacific Railway , which were affected by job action at the time, BC Ferries has become the largest passenger ferry line in North America , operating a fleet of 41 vessels with a total passenger and crew capacity of over 27,000, serving 47 locations on the B.C. coast. The federal and provincial governments subsidize BC Ferries to provide agreed service levels on essential links between

901-459: The United Kingdom , there is no filing requirement for a "business name", defined as "any name under which someone carries on business" that, for a company or limited liability partnership, "is not its registered name", but there are requirements for disclosure of the owner's true name and some restrictions on the use of certain names. A minority of U.S. states, including Washington , still use

954-594: The Washington Marine Group for US$ 13 million ( CA$ 19.23 million), 4.2% of what it cost to build them. Washington Marine Group announced on July 28, 2009 that they had sold the three ships for an undisclosed amount to Abu Dhabi MAR , a luxury yacht builder. The ferries were observed to be tied up in the port of Alexandria, Egypt in late 2022. The Egyptian government plans to scrap the vessels. The PacifiCats were designed by Philip Hercus of Australia and Robert Allan Limited of Vancouver. Hercus developed

1007-406: The $ 210 million figure was announced. The government hoped that private shipyards would be able to build the ships on a fixed-cost basis. This turned out not to be the case; the shipbuilding industry was less enthusiastic than anticipated. Moreover, none of the shipyards being considered for the work had the facilities to build the fast ferries. BC Ferries had no choice but to do the work itself on

1060-556: The 1990s, the NDP government commissioned a series of three fast ferries to improve ferry service between the Mainland and Vancouver Island. The ships proved problematic when they suffered many technical issues and cost double what was expected. The fast ferries were eventually sold off for $ 19.4 million in 2003. A controversy began in July 2004 when BC Ferries, under a new American CEO, announced that

1113-521: The BC mainland, coastal islands, and parts of the mainland without road access. The inland ferries operating on British Columbia's rivers and lakes are not run by BC Ferries. The responsibility for their provision rests with the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure , which contracts operation to various private sector companies. At its inception, BC Ferries was a division of

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1166-681: The British Columbia Toll Highways and Bridges Authority, a provincial Crown corporation. Through successive reorganizations, it evolved into the British Columbia Ferry Authority and then the British Columbia Ferry Corporation, both of which were also provincial Crown corporations. In 2003, the Government of British Columbia announced that BC Ferries, which had been in debt, would be reorganized into

1219-481: The PacifiCat project, calling it "a failed experiment." Her colleagues agreed, and the ships were put up for sale at an asking price of $ 120 million for all three. They turned out to be difficult to sell, due to their highly specialised design and a saturated market. After a change of government in May 2001, and more attempts to sell at a higher price, the ships were finally put up for auction in March 2003 and were sold to

1272-547: The Southern Gulf Islands ( Galiano Island (via Sturdies Bay), Mayne Island (Via Village Bay), Pender Island (via Otter Bay), and Saturna Island (via Lyall Harbour) Route 6 – South Stuart Channel: Crofton to Saltspring Island (via Vesuvius ) Route 7 – Jervis Inlet ( Highway 101 ): Earls Cove to Saltery Bay Route 8 – Queen Charlotte Channel : Horseshoe Bay to Bowen Island (via Snug Cove ) Route 9 – Active Pass Shuttle: Tsawwassen to

1325-2524: The Southern Gulf Islands ( Galiano Island (via Sturdies Bay), Mayne Island (via Village Bay), Pender Island (via Otter Bay), Saturna Island (via Lyall Harbour), and Saltspring Island (via Long Harbour) Route 10 – Inside Passage : Port Hardy (via Bear Cove) to Prince Rupert (on Kaien Island ) Route 11 – Hecate Strait ( Highway 16 ): Prince Rupert (on Kaien Island ) to Haida Gwaii (via Skidegate , on Graham Island ) Route 12 – Saanich Inlet : Brentwood Bay to Mill Bay Route 13 – Thornbrough Channel: Langdale to Gambier Island (via New Brighton) and Keats Island (via Keats Landing and Eastbourne). (Foot passengers only, no vehicles). (Operated by Kona Winds Yacht Charters Ltd.) Route 17 – Georgia Strait North: Powell River (via Westview ) to Comox (via Little River ) Route 18 – Malaspina Strait : Powell River (via Westview ) to Texada Island (via Blubber Bay ) Route 19 – Northumberland Channel: Nanaimo Harbour to Gabriola Island (via Descanso Bay) Route 20 – North Stuart Channel: Chemainus to Thetis Island (via Preedy Harbour) and Penelakut Island (via Telegraph Harbour) Route 21 – Baynes Sound : Buckley Bay to Denman Island (via Denman West) Route 22 – Lambert Channel: Denman Island East (via Gravelly Bay ) to Hornby Island (via Shingle Spit ) Route 23 – Discovery Passage : Campbell River to Quadra Island (via Quathiaski Cove ) Route 24 – Sutil Channel : Quadra Island (via Heriot Bay ) to Cortes Island (via Whaletown ) Route 25 – Broughton Strait: Port McNeill to Alert Bay (on Cormorant Island ) and Sointula (on Malcolm Island ) Route 26 – Skidegate Inlet: Skidegate (on Graham Island ) to Alliford Bay (on Moresby Island ) Route 28 – Central Coast Connector: Port Hardy (via Bear Cove) to Bella Coola (seasonal direct summer service)/Route 28A: Port Hardy to Bella Coola (with stops at Bella Bella (via McLoughlin Bay, on Campbell Island ), Klemtu , Ocean Falls , and Shearwater ) Route 30 – Mid-Island Express ( Highway 19 ): Nanaimo (via Duke Point ) to Tsawwassen These are contracted routes that carry foot passengers only, but no vehicles, and are sponsored by BC Ferries. Numbers in blue circles are ferry route numbers. Provincial highway trailblazers are added where appropriate. BC Ferries has

1378-418: The U.S., trademark rights are acquired by use in commerce, but there can be substantial benefits to filing a trademark application. Sole proprietors are the most common users of DBAs. Sole proprietors are individual business owners who run their businesses themselves. Since most people in these circumstances use a business name other than their own name, it is often necessary for them to get DBAs. Generally,

1431-585: The addition of three new Intermediate-class ferries to phase out Queen of Burnaby and Queen of Nanaimo . These three vessels were to be named the Salish class ; Salish Orca , Salish Eagle and Salish Raven . In 2022, Salish Heron , the fourth Salish-class vessel, entered service. All four ferries were designed and built by Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. in Gdansk, Poland, and are dual-fuel, capable of operating on liquefied natural gas and marine diesel. These vessels are

1484-478: The coastal ferry service in British Columbia needed to be government-owned, and so it set about creating BC Ferries. Minister of Highways Phil Gaglardi was tasked with overseeing the new Crown corporation and its rapid expansion. BC Ferries' first route, commissioned in 1960, was between Swartz Bay , north of Sidney on Vancouver Island , and Tsawwassen , an area in Delta , using just two vessels. These ships were

1537-408: The company had disqualified all Canadian bids to build three new Coastal-class ships, and only the proposals from European shipyards were being considered. The contract was estimated at $ 542 million for the three ships, each designed to carry 370 vehicles and 1600 passengers. The argument for domestic construction of the ferries was that it would employ numerous British Columbia workers, revitalize

1590-461: The company, or already served on BC Ferries board. According to the Auditor-General's report, this is a textbook example of poor corporate governance. It "created the awkward accountability relationship of having board members account to themselves for their performance." On March 1, 2000, Joy MacPhail , then the minister responsible for BC Ferries, recommended to the government that it abandon

1643-512: The contract having many of the same types of terms as that for the Coastal-class vessels. The new northern service vessel, Northern Expedition , was delivered in March 2008, and entered service in May of the same year. On August 26, 2012, BC Ferries announced that it would be cutting 98 round trips on its major routes starting in the fall and winter of 2012 as part of a four-year plan to save $ 1 million on these routes. Service cuts have included

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1696-484: The corporate veil . In English , trade names are generally treated as proper nouns . In Argentina , a trade name is known as a nombre de fantasía ('fantasy' or 'fiction' name), and the legal name of business is called a razón social (social name). In Brazil , a trade name is known as a nome fantasia ('fantasy' or 'fiction' name), and the legal name of business is called razão social (social name). In some Canadian jurisdictions , such as Ontario , when

1749-522: The county or city to be registered with the State Corporation Commission. DBA statements are often used in conjunction with a franchise . The franchisee will have a legal name under which it may sue and be sued, but will conduct business under the franchiser's brand name (which the public would recognize). A typical real-world example can be found in a well-known pricing mistake case, Donovan v. RRL Corp. , 26 Cal. 4th 261 (2001), where

1802-618: The elimination of supplementary sailings on the Swartz Bay–Tsawwassen route, 18 round trips on the Horseshoe Bay–Departure Bay route, and 48 round trips, the largest number of cuts, on the Duke Point–Tsawwassen route, with plans to look for savings on the smaller unprofitable routes in the future. Free ferry trips for seniors were suspended from April 2014 to April 2018. In the fall of 2014, BC Ferries announced

1855-456: The fast ferry project was made in June 1994; it had been decided to immediately proceed with building three fast ferries. The government claimed the fast ferries would cost $ 210 million total, and Clark later insisted that this figure had included everything "right down to the toilet paper." The truth was that little actual analysis had been done: not even the type of ship (single hull or catamaran), nor their dimensions had even been determined when

1908-493: The first five years of its operations, to keep up with the demand. Another method of satisfying increasing demand for service was BC Ferries' unique "stretch and lift" program, involving seven vessels being cut in half and extended, and five of those vessels later cut in half again and elevated, to increase their passenger and vehicle-carrying capacities. The vast majority of the vessels in the fleet were built in B.C. waters, with only two foreign purchases and one domestic purchase. In

1961-755: The fleet has so far been reduced to 11 classes of vessels, with 8 unique ( unclassed ) vessels remaining as well. Route numbers are used internally by BC Ferries. All routes except Route 13 and the Unregulated Routes carry vehicles. Figures displayed are annual vehicle equivalent and annual passengers . Route 1 – Georgia Strait South ( Highway 17 ): Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen Route 2 – Georgia Strait Central ( Highway 1 ): Nanaimo (via Departure Bay ) to Horseshoe Bay Route 3 – Howe Sound : Langdale to Horseshoe Bay Route 4 – Satellite Channel: Swartz Bay to Saltspring Island (via Fulford Harbour ) Route 5 – Swanson Channel: Swartz Bay to

2014-503: The government. After the government finished drafting the plan, Clark pressed the BC Ferries board for a quick approval, and the Auditor-General's report about the fast ferries partly blames him for rushing the fast ferries into production. The result was a ten-year capital plan which had been crafted by the government. It bypassed leasing a fast ferry for trials in BC waters and went directly to implementation. Several other projects previously considered essential, such as replacing one of

2067-472: The hull form and Robert Allan handled the outfitting aspects of the design. The PacifiCats were custom-designed to fit BC Ferries' docks, which allow simultaneous loading on two full-length roll-through vehicle decks. This trait gives the PacifiCats their unique appearance in comparison with other fast ferries. Once the design was complete, CFI divided the construction work into over a hundred modules, built by

2120-401: The largest fleet of vehicle ferry vessels in the world. There are at least 45 vessels, ranging from small passenger-only water taxis, up to the 358-car Spirit-class ferries. All of the vessels in use by BC Ferries are roll-on/roll-off car ferries. Most of the major vessels are based on similar designs, which are aggregated into classes of ferries: Trade name In a number of countries,

2173-402: The law is to protect the public from fraud, by compelling the business owner to first file or register his fictitious business name with the county clerk, and then making a further public record of it by publishing it in a newspaper. Several other states, such as Illinois , require print notices as well. In Uruguay , a trade name is known as a nombre fantasía , and the legal name of business

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2226-494: The mid-1980s, BC Ferries took over the operations of the saltwater branch of the B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Highways, which ran ferry services to very small coastal communities. This action dramatically increased the size of BC Ferries' fleet and its geographical service area. The distinctive "dogwood on green" flag that BC Ferries used between 1960 and 2003 gave the service its popular nickname "the Dogwood Fleet". During

2279-461: The named defendant, RRL Corporation, was a Lexus car dealership doing business as " Lexus of Westminster ", but remaining a separate legal entity from Lexus, a division of Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. . In California , filing a DBA statement also requires that a notice of the fictitious name be published in local newspapers for some set period of time to inform the public of the owner's intent to operate under an assumed name . The intention of

2332-453: The northern ferries, were deferred in favour of the fast ferries. In addition, the construction of the fast ferries would be used to revitalise the province's shipbuilding industry, furthering policy goals beyond merely improving ferry service to Nanaimo. The BC Ferries board, which was required to rubberstamp the plan, noted several concerns about the fast ferry aspect when asking the cabinet to give it final approval. A public announcement of

2385-536: The now-retired MV Tsawwassen and the MV Sidney . The next few years saw a dramatic growth of the B.C. ferry system as it took over operations of the Black Ball Line and other major private companies providing vehicle ferry service between Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland . As the ferry system expanded and started to service other small coastal communities, BC Ferries had to build more vessels, many of them in

2438-502: The phrase " trading as " (abbreviated to t/a ) is used to designate a trade name. In the United States , the phrase " doing business as " (abbreviated to DBA , dba , d.b.a. , or d/b/a ) is used, among others, such as assumed business name or fictitious business name . In Canada , " operating as " (abbreviated to o/a ) and " trading as " are used, although " doing business as " is also sometimes used. A company typically uses

2491-413: The route between Horseshoe Bay , West Vancouver and Departure Bay , Nanaimo had originally been started by the private Black Ball Line in June 1953. Black Ball was purchased by the government of British Columbia on November 30, 1961 and its routes absorbed into the BC Ferries system. Both the Horseshoe Bay and Departure Bay ferry terminals are located within residential areas. Departure Bay terminal

2544-486: The sagging B.C. shipbuilding industry, and entitle the provincial government to a large portion of the cost in the form of taxes. BC Ferries CEO David Hahn claimed that building the ferries in Germany would "save almost $ 80 million and could lead to lower fares." On September 17, 2004, BC Ferries awarded the vessel construction contract to Germany's Flensburger shipyard . The contract protected BC Ferries from any delays through

2597-454: The surname(s) of the sole trader or partners, or the legal name of a company. The Companies Registration Office publishes a searchable register of such business names. In Japan , the word yagō ( 屋号 ) is used. In Colonial Nigeria , certain tribes had members that used a variety of trading names to conduct business with the Europeans. Two examples were King Perekule VII of Bonny , who

2650-469: The term trade name to refer to "doing business as" (DBA) names. In most U.S. states now, however, DBAs are officially referred to using other terms. Almost half of the states, including New York and Oregon , use the terms assumed business name or assumed name ; nearly as many, including Pennsylvania , use the term fictitious name . For consumer protection purposes, many U.S. jurisdictions require businesses operating with fictitious names to file

2703-492: The use of fast ferries for service between Horseshoe Bay and Departure Bay. At a meeting in February 1994 that involved the minister responsible for BC Ferries, the corporation's management indicated that using fast ferries required "further extensive analysis." Their advice was ignored, and less than two months later the minister responsible, Glen Clark , ordered the ferry corporation to cede control over its long-term planning to

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2756-482: Was completed in early 2000 but had yet to enter revenue service by the time the project was cancelled. The PacifiCat project started in June 1994 with an estimated total cost of $ 210 million. By the time the ships were finished, the total cost had ballooned to $ 463 million. A 1999 report by the Auditor-General of British Columbia concluded that the fast ferry project had been beset by "significant breakdowns in both governance and risk management." Car ferry service on

2809-545: Was known as Captain Pepple in trade matters, and King Jubo Jubogha of Opobo , who bore the pseudonym Captain Jaja . Both Pepple and Jaja would bequeath their trade names to their royal descendants as official surnames upon their deaths. In Singapore , there is no filing requirement for a "trading as" name, but there are requirements for disclosure of the underlying business or company's registered name and unique entity number. In

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