Remontowa Shipbuilding started the first steel cutting for the construction of a modern car-passenger ferry ordered by Canadian owner BC Ferries – the largest passenger ferry operator in North America and the second largest in the world – on 16 January 2015.
The contract is to build three new intermediate class vessels and includes design, construction, outfitting and carrying out of a complete trial program as well as delivery of the vessels to the home port.
The first of them will be passed to the owner in the first half of next year. Each of the vessels will be capable of taking on board 150 personal cars and 600 passengers. The vessels were designed from scratch by the Design Office Remontowa Marine Design & Consulting – a member of the Remontowa Holding. They will comply with rules and regulations of both the classification society, i.e., Lloyd’s Register, who will supervise the building process, and the government agenda, i.e., Transport Canada.
The first steel cutting marks the end of the phase of technical investigations, and the beginning of the actual construction of the ship. The ceremony was attended by numerous representatives of BC Ferries from Canada.
