The Fanafjord would certainly work as an acting substitute option up until a brand-new ferryboat is finished byDavie Shipbuilding [Image: LMG Marin]
Transport Canada prepares to purchase a 2007-built Norwegian double-ended auto traveler ferryboat, the Fanafjord, to change the M/V Holiday Island, a couple of vessels made use of to supply solution in between Wood Islands, PEI, and also Caribou, Nova Scotia.
Designed by LMG Marin, the Fjanafjord was supplied to Fjord1 by Aker Yards Brattv åg in 2007.
Back in 2019, Canada introduced strategies to construct 2 ferryboats at Davie Shipbuilding to change both the Holiday Island and also the M/V Madeleine, which is presently made use of for solution in between Îles‑de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, and also Souris, Prince Edward Island (PEI),
Both ferryboats are senior. The Madeleine was supplied in 1981 by the Verolme Cork shipyard in Ireland and also offered under different names on Irish Sea solutions up until 1997. The Holiday Island is also older. It was integrated in 1971 by the Government of Canada for Canadian National Railways (CNR) at Port Weller Dry Docks.
At the moment it introduced its prepare for both newbuilds at Davie, Public Services and also Procurement Canada claimed that both the ferryboats being changed were nearing completion of their life time. Last summertime, the Holiday Island’ s last going across, on July 22, 2022, finished in an engine space fire that triggered extreme damages and also it was taken out from solution. Subsequently, Transport Canada issued an RFP for its disposal.
Yesterday, Public Services and also Procurement Canada (PSPC), in behalf of Transport Canada, released an Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN) to signify the federal government’s purpose to acquire the MV Fanafjord, from a subsidiary of Fjord1. The ACAN enables various other interested distributors that satisfy the minimal functional needs of Transport Canada 15 schedule days to send a declaration of capacities prior to an agreement is granted. If nothing else distributor sends a declaration of capacities that satisfies the needs highlighted in the ACAN, PSPC might wage granting an agreement to the proprietor of the MV Fanafjord, which would certainly be anticipated to get in solution in very early May 2024.
The ACAN enters into substantial information on Transport Canada’s needs for the meantime Holiday Island substitute vessel and also notes:
Following 3rd party studies in 2022 and also 2023, the suggested MV Fanafjord traveler ferryboat vessel possessed by Nye Fanafjord AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fjord1, is the just recognized vessel readily available for acquisition that can satisfy TC’s acting ferryboat capacity within the needed durations.
There is just one distributor efficient in carrying out the job since:
- Nye Fanafjord AS possesses the just recognized vessel that can fulfilling the needs for the course from both a governing and also functional viewpoint (e.g., Near Coastal Voyage, Class 2, car and also traveler capabilities, rate, ability to move, communication with TC’s existing facilities without considerable adjustments, and so on);
- Nye Fanafjord AS, and also its subcontractors, have actually shown experience and also capability to handle jobs of comparable intricacy; and also
- Nye Fanafjord AS is the just recognized distributor that can supply the vessel and also transfer possession to Canada by March 1, 2024.
There’s no reference of rate in the ACAN, however Norwegian shipbroker J. Gran & Co. has the Fanafjord listed with an asking rate of EUR 14 million and also keeps in mind that it is LNG sustained. This is intriguing, since hidden in the ACAN’s listing of needs is that the “the proposed vessel must operate on diesel fuel.”
