On Wednesday, May 14, Metro Transit will officially unveil the new Christopher Stannix harbour ferry. Halifax Mayor Mike Savage and the family of Christopher Stannix will unveil the first new ferry to service Halifax Harbour in over 25 years. In the days Prior to the 14th, Staff will be trialing
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The Following Photos were provided By HRM, and show the construction of the new Harbour Ferry Christopher Stannix at the A.F. Theriault & Son Shipyard in Meteghan. HRM Assembled a Flickr site with Additional progress photos here. (Above) Engine room (Below) ER and Passenger Access (Below) Wheelhouse fitting out.
After a call for submissions, narrowing those submissions down to a finalist list of five and over 12,000 individuals picking their favorite name for the new harbour ferry, we have a winner. The name of the new harbour ferry will be Christopher Stannix. This option recived 61% of the vote
the Third of January brought the closing date for A notice of proposed procurement, Designed to find out what may be available for immediate purchase to replace the Digby St. Johns ferry Princess of Acadia. On June 24th, 2013 the Government of Canada announced its intention to invest in a
HRM released an Expressions of interest for the construction of 2 new Ferries. These new vessels will be built to the same plans as the 4th ferry currently under construction by AF Theriault & Son. From the Document: Metro Transit’s existing ferries were constructed in 1978 (Dartmouth III and Halifax
The province and STM Quest Inc. have signed an agreement to support a new cruise ferry in Yarmouth, to begin in May 2014. The province has received a signed copy of the agreement and amendments from STM Quest Inc. The company has committed to a May start. The province and
There are reports around that the Princes of Acadia Ferry has Grounded. marine traffic shows her having departed St John, so the incident likely occurred on the Digby side. UPDATE: The ferry apparently lost power and drifted into shallow water approaching the dock in Digby. Power has been restored,
Metro transit has announced voting for the name of the new harbour ferry Currently under construction at AF Theriault and sons In Meteghan NS. Starting today, until Wednesday, November 20th, residents can log on to www.Halifax.ca/surveys and pick their favorite name from a list of five finalists. Those choices are:
MV Oceanex Sanderling (Above), a container/cargo ship owned by Oceanex Inc., is scheduled to arrive into Halifax Shipyard’s Nova Dock during the second week of October 2013 for a two-week project to perform routine maintenance and repairs. The project is projected to require approximately 90 employees. Later in the fall,
From the Press Release:Economic and Rural Development and Tourism Minister Graham Steele announced today, Aug. 13, the province will enter into negotiations with STM Quest Inc., a proposed joint venture between ST Marine Ltd. and Quest Navigation, to set up and run a ferry between Yarmouth and Portland, Maine. Three