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Originally Posted by Canadian Mind
Love those boats. I don't understand for the life of me why they couldn't build 2-3 more of those for the Naniamo-Vancouver runs, instead of buying German.
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IIRC, Shipbuilding is heavily subsidized by govts (low interest loans, etc) and the campbell administration would not account for a subsidy in the bc quote (IIRC, the washington group made a quote based on the hull being made in china and the other work being completed in its yards, but stil wound up losing out).
Controversial, i can see a lot of the cons, but lot of pros with the decision.
can't find a source for washington marine's bid (it was rejected in early rounds,) but a few links:
BC Ferries awarded the German shipyard, Flensburger Schiffbau ? Gesellschaft, the $325 million contract to build three Super C-Class ferries.
A spokesman for BC Ferries said that the contract is $130 million less that the Canadian price they received early in the bidding process.
"The excellent contract terms achieved with the Super C-class vessels serve as a benchmark
for all future shipbuilding contracts, whether for construction with yards in Canada or abroad."
Wikipedia also has a nice blurb.