Her normal sailing schedule is five days a week during the peak summer season on the Inside Passage route connecting Bella Coola and Port Hardy.
Uniquely for a BC Ferries vessel, the Northern Sea Wolf does not have doors on both ends, requiring vehicles to either turn around after boarding or reverse down the loading ramp.
[1] Northern Sea Wolf features these passenger amenities: The ship was christened Agios Andreas II.
Norwegian customs authorities resisted the loss of tax revenue and fined Overlin Group SEK9 million.
The company executed a five-year bareboat charter agreement with NEL Lines which renamed the ship Aqua Spirit.
BC Ferries provided direct Bella Coola - Port Hardy service using Queen of Chilliwack until 2013 when it was cancelled by the provincial government due to steep financial losses on the route.
The minister of transportation at the time reported that British Columbia taxpayers paid a $2,500 subsidy for each vehicle on the ferry.
[9] On arrival in British Columbia, in January 2018, Northern Sea Wolf was sent to Esquimalt Drydock Company for a major refit.
[10] When work began, however, a number of deficiencies that had been missed by both the classification societies and BC Ferries' own surveyors became apparent.
[12] Northern Sea Wolf made her maiden commercial voyage on her Bella Coola - Port Hardy route on June 3, 2019.
[16] In April 2020, BC Ferries announced that Northern Sea Wolf would not run during the 2020 season due to decreased travel during the COVID-19 pandemic.
[17] BC Ferries returned Northern Sea Wolf to its central British Columbia route in the second half of 2020.
[18] Northern Sea Wolf resumed her regular summer route between Bella Coola and Port Hardy on June 19, 2021.