BC Ferries offers to shave back future plans but remains committed to five new major vessels (Times Colonist)

BC Ferries is amping up its campaign for five new major vessels as it offers a concession in the hopes of persuading BC Ferry commissioner Eva Hage to support the plan.

“There’s another option available to us that wasn’t in the original application - and that’s in the event that we can’t convince the commissioner we need an excess vessel,” Nicolas Jimenez, BC Ferries president, said Friday.

Instead of life extensions to keep two existing ferries on the job, the company is saying it could extend the life of just one ferry ...

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