The greek ferry Blue Star Ithaki, will be the replacement for the Princess of Acadia. The federal Government previously announced that the Ferry would be replaced, and Greek media are reporting that the ferry has been sold and will be sailing for Canada, having completed her last Greek trip October
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Looks like HRM is Posting progress photos of the New Ferry to be delivered Next year. You can find them on the Cities Flickr Account The New Ferry is under construction at AF Theriaut & Sons, the same firm that built the Christopher Stannix, and is due to be delivered
The Halifax Transit Ferry Woodside 1 undergoing periodic Maintenance in Lunenburg.
Documents released to go for council propose holding another naming contest for New Harbour ferries to be delivered in 2015 and 2018. A naming contest was used to choose the name Christopher Stannix for the most recent build. Administrative Order #46 was approved by Regional Council on June 26,2013, and
The Province of Nova Scotia Today issued a tender for the construction of a new 18 car Ferry to run on Grand passage, which is the run between Long island and Brier Island at the end of Digby Neck. The Route is Currently served by the Joe Casey, Built by
Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, will be joined by the David Alward, Premier of New Brunswick, and Gordon Wilson, NS MLA for Clare-Digby, to make an announcement concerning ferry services in Eastern Canada. The government previously announced a new ferry would be purchased for the Digby St John Run, So
On today’s council agenda is a tender award for Two Additional Harbour Ferries. These Boats will replace Halifax III and Dartmouth III which have been in Service since 1978. The Construction of the 2 new ferries will be done by A.F. Theriault & Son Ltd.,for a Total Tender Price of
(Above) Panorama of the New Bridge -Compare the View of the New Bridge with that of one of the Older Ferries (Below) Closeup of the consoles The 2 sided console sits in the middle of the wheelhouse. (Above) Wheel House from Outside (Below) benches let water drain away, deck is
Workups with crew began today with the New Ferry Christopher Stannix. She was operating in the approaches and off the Woodside Ferry terminal this morning.
Halifax’s new ferry Has Arrived in Halifax. She sailed from the builder Friday night, and as of 8am Saturday, she was rounding clarks Harbour, making 7.5 knots. She arrived at woodside at 4:20am Sunday morning.