The replacement ferry for Saint John, N.B. – Digby, N.S. route in Saint John, N.B. following its arrival to Canada on December 2, 2014
December 2, 2014 – Saint John, N.B. – Transport Canada
The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, along with Rodney Weston, Member of Parliament for Saint John, and Greg Kerr, Member of Parliament for West Nova, today announced that the replacement vessel for the MV Princess of Acadia, which serves the Saint John, New Brunswick to Digby, Nova Scotia ferry route, has safely arrived in Saint John.
The MV Canada2014, as it has been temporarily named for the transit voyage, departed from the Port of Piraeus in Greece on November 18, 2014, with a port of call in the Port of Funchal on the Island of Madeira on November 23, 2014. The approximately 9,375-kilometre journey saw the vessel sail from Greece across the Mediterranean Sea, through the Strait of Gibraltar, and arrive in Saint John.
From Saint John, the vessel will make its way to Digby for a sea trial and to undergo a check in its future berth. The vessel will then head to Halifax, where engine work will take place alongside the dock to perform a 72,000-hour engine overhaul and the conversion of the engines from heavy fuel to marine diesel.
The vessel’s introduction into service is expected in 2015.
Ashley Kelahear
Director of Communications
Office of the Honourable Lisa Raitt
Minister of Transport, Ottawa
613-991-0700
Media Relations
Transport Canada, Ottawa
613-993-0055
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