Nunatsiavut Marine not being considered for Labrador ferry contract – CBC
Apr 15, 2015
Current contract represents 20 per cent of revenues for Nunatsiavut Group of Companies
The provincial government has drawn up a short-list of two companies to provide passenger, vehicle and freight services to Labrador, but Nunatsiavut Marine Inc., the aboriginal company that current provides the service to northern communities, is not one of them.
Sources say the Happy Valley-Goose Bay based Woodward Group of Companies, which currently operates the Strait of Belle Isle ferry service, and Oceanex, a St. John’s based marine company that ships about half of all good to the the province, have made the short list.
Clint Davis, chair of the Nunatsiavut Group of Cos., confirmed Wednesday that the company will “not be given further consideration.”
