B.C. Ferries, premier want smaller ships built locally

VICTORIA — B.C. Ferries has announced plans to have up to five new smaller ferries built to serve inter-island routes.
The company is also speaking in favour of B.C. shipyards bidding for the work. “We want to build locally in British Columbia,” said Mark Wilson, B.C. Ferries vice-president of strategy and community engagement.
“We are doing a tremendous amount of work with local industry. We own the design rights to these existing classes of ships, so the design work wil