Feds sign $38.6M contract to buy MV Fanafjord for N.S.-P.E.I. ferry route
The contract with Nye Fanafjord AS will see the passenger and vehicle ferry replace MV Holiday Island, which was scrapped after an engine fire last year.
![Feds sign $38.6M contract to buy MV Fanafjord for N.S.-P.E.I. ferry route](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7030208.1700151859!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/mv-fanafjord.jpg)
![MV Fanafjord, launched in 2007, in a photo from the Public Services and Procurement Canada Facebook page. A large ferry with its nose cone opening to let vehicles drive off is shown approaching a dock.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7030208.1700151859!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/mv-fanafjord.jpg)
The contract with Nye Fanafjord AS will see the passenger and vehicle ferry replace MV Holiday Island, which was scrapped after an engine fire last year.