B.C. Ferries hires Dutch-owned shipyard to build two minor vessels

This is an artist’s rendering of a new minor-class vessel scheduled to join the B.C. Ferries fleet in 2020. Damen Shipyards Group has been awarded the contract; the ships will be built in Romania.
VICTORIA — B.C. Ferries has hired a Netherlands-owned shipyard to build two new minor ferries and Point Hope Maritime in Victoria will be responsible for maintaining them under their warranty.
None of the Canadian shipyards which were shortlisted for the job submitted bids, B.C. Ferrie