Last month, the BC Ferry Commission authorized BC Ferries to procure four new hybrid-electric Island class car/passenger ferries along with associated shoreside electrical upgrades at the terminals they serve. Yesterday, BC Ferries announced that it had awarded the shipbuilding contract to Damen Shipyards, the builder of its previous six Island class vessels, which will construct them at its Mangalia, Romania, shipyard.
Damen says that the contract was won in a competitive tender process that...