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From CBC today:
They might be the most infamous ships in the history of British Columbia: three B.C. Ferries that were hundreds of millions of dollars over budget, couldn’t run as fast or efficiently as promised, and were partly responsible for sinking the NDP government of the 1990s.
And now, they’re back.
On Facebook Marketplace.
“We’re seeing if there’s one last ditch effort we can make before they go to the scrap yard,” said Rob Arthurs, an international trade consultant, who became aware the Egyptian government was planning to destroy the Pacficat Explorer, Discovery and Voyager.
Arthurs signed a contract with the Egyptian company tasked with getting rid of the ships, in the hopes of finding a potential buyer for the three boats in the province where they were built, with both him and the company potentially benefiting from the profits.
He’s posted the ships on Marketplace, hoping to get $15 million for the three ships — a fraction of the $460 million it cost to build them.
“I would love to see them be re-purposed, whether it’s back as a ferry, or somebody using it as private yacht.”
Imagine these had been built on the Clyde in a shipyard saved by the SNP?
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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/504650/interislander-ferry-fleet-project-to-wind-down-after-being-denied-further-government-funding?source=actionstation&bucket=blast3045
Though it’s not the only thing the new right wing gov of NZ are destroying, the list is long. Mirror image of Tories and Labour in the UK.
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