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#1 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 14 April 2017 - 07:18 AM

http://www.timescolo...land-1.15320446

 

The next apple you eat or the next new car you drive may well have arrived on Vancouver Island on a new dual-fuel ferry built in Turkey for Seaspan Ferry Corp.

 

More than half the cargo delivered to the Island arrives here on one of Seaspan’s six ferries sailing out of terminals in Delta and Surrey, the company said.

 

“We are a pretty significant player in providing goods and services to the Island,” Steve Roth, president of Seaspan Ferry Corp., said Thursday.

 

The new Seaspan Swift and Seaspan Reliant, each 488 feet long, will help meet demand for more capacity, Roth said.

 

“It ramps up our capacity. That’s really been our challenge. We have been limited by our vessels because of their age and size.”

 

- See more at: http://www.timescolo...h.rRqZ4ro8.dpuf

 

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#2 Jackerbie

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Posted 05 November 2019 - 12:27 PM

Seems that Seaspan has contracted Daman (same company building the new BC Ferries Island-class vessels) to build two LNG-hybrid ferries. They'll be built at Daman's facility in Romania. https://www.damen.co...ies_for_seaspan



#3 Rob Randall

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Posted 05 November 2019 - 12:38 PM

^I had to consult a map. Isn't Romania landlocked?. Nope, they'll go from the Black Sea through Istanbul to the Mediterranean. 


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Posted 05 November 2019 - 12:47 PM

^I had to consult a map. Isn't Romania landlocked?. Nope, they'll go from the Black Sea through Istanbul to the Mediterranean. 

 

And in the case of the BC Ferries vessels, they'll cruise down the Danube from Galati



#5 Rob Randall

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Posted 05 November 2019 - 12:58 PM

^Crazy! That's like 100 km inland. TIL.



 



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