Technical problems cancel P.E.I.-N.S. ferry crossings
CBC
There will be no ferries working on the Northumberland Strait connecting P.E.I. and Nova Scotia Tuesday.
Northumberland Ferries announced the cancellations Monday evening. It said MV Saaremaa has technical issues, but did not provide any details. CBC News has asked for more information about the problem but the company has not yet responded.
The service's other ferry, MV Confederation, is out of service following a collision with the wharf on Sept. 15. The collision was caused by a technical problem that affected the ship's ability to brake, and left the bow door of the roll-on, roll-off ferry inoperable.
Northumberland Ferries said a week ago the Confederation would be out of service until at least the end of the month. A request from CBC News for an updated repair timeline on Monday was not answered.
Concerns about the reliability of the service have been growing this summer.
Crossings of the strait by Saaremaa have been regularly cancelled due to rough weather. The Saaremaa was built in Norway and is less suited for the often choppy waters of the Northumberland Strait.
Northumberland Ferries is leasing Saaremaa from Quebec as a replacement for the MV Holiday Island, which caught fire during a crossing in 2022 and had to be scrapped.
Holiday Island was already due for replacement. A new ferry was announced in the 2019 federal budget, but at last report that ferry is still in the design stages. It is not due to be delivered until 2028.
In the meantime, the federal government purchased a ferry from Norway, the MV Fanafjord, to take the place of Saaremaa. That boat was originally planned to arrive this year, but it remains in Norway being retrofitted.
There are no plans currently to replace the 31-year-old Confederation.
CBC News has made multiple interview requests through Transport Canada to speak to the federal transport minister about the future of the ferry service this month, but the minister has not been made available.
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