Hullo (ferry)

Hullo, officially the Vancouver Island Ferry Company, is a privately owned passenger ferry service in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It operates up to fourteen daily sailings between downtown Vancouver and downtown Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. Each one-way trip takes 70 minutes.

History
Founded in 2022 and operational since August 2023. Hullo, operated by the Vancouver Island Ferry Company, operates two high-speed ferries from downtown Vancouver to downtown Nanaimo in just 70 minutes.

Each vessel accommodates 354 guests, with up to 14 daily trips, including late-night journeys and special events.

Company values of Safety, Operational Excellence, Innovation, and Guest Experience drive the mission to become a globally admired travel brand, promising to be the World’s Friendliest Ferry Company.

Vessels
The company's two vessels, spuhéls and sthuqi’, are both Damen-built Fast Ferry 4212 models, high-speed catamarans that seat 354 passengers each. They are named for wind and Sockeye salmon in the Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓ language used by the Snuneymuxw First Nation on Vancouver Island. The vessels were manufactured in Vietnam and delivered in June 2023. The vessels do not accommodate electric bicycles due to battery fire regulations.