Contract Confirmed for Year-Round Marine Service on Labrador Straits

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Transportation and Works
April 10, 2014

Labrador Marine Inc. has been awarded a contract to provide year-round marine ferry service for the Labrador Straits. The term of the contract will be in effect until 2016 at which time new consolidated ferry services for Labrador will be introduced.

“The Provincial Government is very pleased to enter into this agreement with Labrador Marine Inc. The company will provide year-round marine service to the Labrador Straits prior to the launch of a new 15-year, comprehensive passenger, vehicle and freight service for Labrador in 2016.”
– The Honourable Nick McGrath, Minister of Transportation and Works and Minister Responsible for Labrador and Aboriginal Affairs

Labrador Marine Inc.’s contract begins on April 15, 2014, and the MV Apollo will return to service. Labrador Marine Inc. will complement service by a contract vessel during the Apollo refit periods. The contract is for a two-year period ending September 14, 2016. The total value of the contract is $26.2 million.

“We are extremely happy to be supplying the vital link between the island and Labrador. We look forward to building on the reputation that the MV Apollo has earned over the last 12 years and resuming service in mid-April.”
– Mel Woodward, President, Labrador Marine

The MV Apollo will provide service on the Strait of Belle Isle between St. Barbe and Blanc Sablon. During winter ice seasons, service will be rerouted to Corner Brook and scheduled trips will be weather and ice dependent.

 

QUICK FACTS

• Labrador Marine Inc. has been awarded a contract to provide marine ferry service to the Labrador Straits for a two-year term. The value of the contract is over $26.2 million.
• The contractor was successful under a request for proposals issued in December of 2013.
• The two-year contract will provide service until the introduction of a new 15-year comprehensive marine service for Labrador, commencing in 2016.

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Media contacts:

Scott Barfoot Director of Communications Department of Transportation and Works 709-729-3015, 690-6290 scottbarfoot@gov.nl.ca

Dave Leyden
Operations Manager
Labrador Marine Limited
709-535-3351

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