Marine Atlantic
Type	Crown Corporation
Founded	Moncton, New Brunswick (1986)
Headquarters	St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Key people	Roger Flood, President & CEO
Industry	Transportation
Products	Ferry service
Revenue	▲$68. In the Commonwealth realms a Crown corporation is a State-controlled company or enterprise Moncton ( is a Canadian city located in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) St John's (ˌseɪntˈdʒanz French Saint-Jean) is the provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and located on the eastern tip Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need In business revenue or revenues is Income that a company receives from its normal business activities usually from the sale of goods and services 47 million CAN
Employees	1,200 (2005)
Website	www.marine-atlantic.ca/

Marine Atlantic Inc. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages (fr: Marine Atlantique) is an independent Canadian Crown corporation offering ferry services between the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page In the Commonwealth realms a Crown corporation is a State-controlled company or enterprise See also Merchant ship A ferry is a form of transport usually a Boat or Ship, used to carry (or ferry) passengers and Newfoundland and Labrador (ˈnuːfɨn(dlənd ən(d ˈlæbrəˌdɔr (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador is a province of Canada, the tenth and latest to join the Confederation Nova Scotia (ˌnəʊvəˈskəʊʃə ( Latin for New Scotland; Alba Nuadh Nouvelle-Écosse is a Canadian province located on Canada 's

Marine Atlantic's corporate headquarters are in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. St John's (ˌseɪntˈdʒanz French Saint-Jean) is the provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and located on the eastern tip

Contents 1 Current operations 1.1 Routes 1.2 Vessels 2 History 2.1 Former operations 2.1.1 Routes 2.1.2 Newfoundland Dockyard 2.1.3 Vessels 2.1.3.1 Cabot Strait 2.1.3.2 Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy 2.1.3.3 Labrador Coast 2.1.3.4 Newfoundland South Coast 2.1.3.5 Northumberland Strait 3 References 4 See also 5 External links

Current operations

Routes

Marine Atlantic operates ferries across the Cabot Strait on two routes:

• North Sydney, Nova Scotia and Port aux Basques, Newfoundland

• North Sydney, Nova Scotia and Argentia, Newfoundland

The 96 nautical mile Port aux Basques route is operated year-round and is mandated under the Newfoundland Act, which is a part of the Constitution of Canada. Cabot Strait (détroit de Cabot is a Strait in eastern Canada approximately 110 Kilometres wide between Cape Ray, Newfoundland and North Sydney (2001 pop 6775 is a community in Nova Scotia 's Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Nova Scotia (ˌnəʊvəˈskəʊʃə ( Latin for New Scotland; Alba Nuadh Nouvelle-Écosse is a Canadian province located on Canada 's Channel-Port aux Basques (also Port aux Basques) is a town at the extreme southwestern tip of the island of Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador (ˈnuːfɨn(dlənd ən(d ˈlæbrəˌdɔr (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador is a province of Canada, the tenth and latest to join the Confederation North Sydney (2001 pop 6775 is a community in Nova Scotia 's Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Nova Scotia (ˌnəʊvəˈskəʊʃə ( Latin for New Scotland; Alba Nuadh Nouvelle-Écosse is a Canadian province located on Canada 's Newfoundland and Labrador (ˈnuːfɨn(dlənd ən(d ˈlæbrəˌdɔr (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador is a province of Canada, the tenth and latest to join the Confederation A nautical mile or sea mile is a unit of Length. It corresponds approximately to one minute of Latitude along any meridian. The Newfoundland Act was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that confirmed and gave effect to the Terms of Union agreed to between the then-separate The Constitution of Canada is the supreme law in Canada; the country's Constitution is an amalgamation of codified acts and uncodified traditions This service was assumed by Canadian National Railway in 1949 from the Newfoundland Railway upon Newfoundland's entry into Confederation. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Newfoundland Railway was a railway which operated on the island of Newfoundland from 1898 to 1988 Newfoundland and Labrador (ˈnuːfɨn(dlənd ən(d ˈlæbrəˌdɔr (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador is a province of Canada, the tenth and latest to join the Confederation Canadian Confederation was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed beginning 1 July 1867 from the

The 280 nautical mile Argentia route is operated seasonally during the summer months. This service was established by CNR in 1967. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar.

Vessels

Marine Atlantic owns and operates 3 Ro-Pax (roll-on, roll-off, passenger) vessels and 1 vessel dedicated for semi-trailer truck/containerized cargo traffic. truckcartransporterarp750pixjpg|thumb|right|A tractor with an auto-transport Semi-trailer.

The MV Caribou and the MV Joseph and Clara Smallwood are among the largest ferry vessels operating in North America and are among the largest icebreakers in the world. March 18th 2008 Stranding At approximately 100 pm Tuesday March 18 2008 the ferry arrived off North Sydney Classed "100A1" by Lloyd's with an ice classification of "Northern Baltic 1A Super," these vessels have similar dimensions as medium-sized cruise ships. For the film see Lloyd's of London (film. Lloyd's of London is a British Insurance market A cruise ship or cruise liner is a Passenger ship used for pleasure voyages where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience They are based on a unique Canadian hull-design called "Gulfspan", which permits the ships to slice through sea ice rather than riding up onto and crushing it as conventional icebreakers do. Their dimensions are 27,000 registered tons and 179 metres long, carrying 1,200 passengers, 100 crew, and 370 automobile-equivalent vehicles. Tonnage is a measure of the size or Cargo capacity of a Ship.

The MV Leif Ericson is the company's third passenger ferry, having been purchased in 2001. The MV Leif Ericson is a Canadian ice breaking passenger-vehicle Ferry operated by Marine Atlantic. Significantly smaller and a less-capable icebreaker than the Gulfspan vessels, this ferry's dimensions are 18,500 registered tons and 157 metres long, carrying 500 passengers, and 250 automobile-equivalent vehicles. An icebreaker is a special purpose Ship or Boat designed to move and navigate through Ice -covered waters Tonnage is a measure of the size or Cargo capacity of a Ship.

The MV Atlantic Freighter is the company's dedicated freight and cargo vessel. The MV Atlantic Freighter is a ferry run by the Marine Atlantic ferry service It has a capacity of approximately 80 trailers.

In April 2008 Marine Atlantic antered an agreement with the Estonia-based Tallink for chartering MV Superfast IX for five years from October 2008 onwards. Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia ( Eesti or Eesti Vabariik) is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region Tallink is an Estonian Shipping company currently operating cruiseferries and Ropax ships from Estonia to Finland, Estonia to Service history 2002-2006 Superfast Ferries service In 2001 Superfast Ferries had made a deal with the Swedish government to operate a ferry connection ^[1] At 30,285 GT (gross tonnage), the Superfast IX will become the largest ship in Marine Atlantic fleet on entering service. Gross tonnage (often abbreviated as GT, GT or gt) is a unitless index related to a ship's overall internal volume ^[2]

History

Marine Atlantic was established in 1986 to take over the provision of ferry services in Atlantic Canada which had previously been operated by CN Marine, a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Atlantic Canada, also known as the Atlantic provinces, is the region of Canada comprising four provinces located on the Atlantic coast: CN Marine was a Canadian Ferry company headquartered in Moncton, New Brunswick. Its headquarters were in Moncton, New Brunswick. Moncton ( is a Canadian city located in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. New Brunswick ( French: Nouveau-Brunswick /nuvobʁɔnzwik/ is one of Canada 's three Maritime provinces and is the only constitutionally

Extensive budget cuts by the Government of Canada during the latter part of the 1990s led to a drastic downsizing of Marine Atlantic's operations, precipitated by the 1997 opening of the Confederation Bridge which replaced Marine Atlantic's most heavily used ferry service, the constitutionally-mandated ferry to Prince Edward Island. The Canadian Government, formally Her Majesty's Government in Canada, is the Federal government of Canada. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The Confederation Bridge (Pont de la Confédération is a Bridge spanning the Abegweit Passage of Northumberland Strait, linking Prince Edward Prince Edward Island (ˌprɪns ˌɛdwɚd ˈaɪlɨnd ( PEI or P

Later in 1997, the company transferred the operation of its Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine ferry services between Saint John, New Brunswick-Digby, Nova Scotia and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia-Bar Harbor, Maine to the private-sector company Bay Ferries Limited, a subsidiary of Northumberland Ferries Limited. Tides Folklore in the Mi'kmaq First Nation claims that the tides in the Bay of Fundy are caused by a giant whale splashing in the water The Gulf of Maine is a large gulf of the Atlantic Ocean on the northeastern coast of North America. Saint John is the largest city in the Province of New Brunswick, and the oldest incorporated city in Canada. Public library Isaiah W Wilson Memorial Library Digby Yarmouth is a town and major fishing and ferry port located on the Gulf of Maine in southwestern Nova Scotia, Bay Ferries Limited, referred to simply as Bay Ferries, is a ferry company operating in eastern Canada and the United States and is headquartered in Charlottetown Northumberland Ferries Limited ( NFL) is a Ferry company operating in eastern Canada and headquartered in Charlottetown Prince Edward Island

That year also saw Marine Atlantic remove itself from the provision of coastal ferry services in Newfoundland and Labrador with the transfer of operations to the provincial government at the end of the 1997 shipping season. Newfoundland and Labrador (ˈnuːfɨn(dlənd ən(d ˈlæbrəˌdɔr (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador is a province of Canada, the tenth and latest to join the Confederation Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar This agreement was reached between the federal and provincial governments in exchange for federal funding to extend regional roads such as the Trans-Labrador Highway to service coastal communities. The Trans-Labrador Highway ( TLH) is a Canadian Highway located in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. These coastal ferry services had been initiated by the Newfoundland Railway and were assumed by Canadian National Railways, following the province's entry into Confederation in 1949, although they were not constitutionally mandated. The Newfoundland Railway was a railway which operated on the island of Newfoundland from 1898 to 1988 Canadian Confederation was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed beginning 1 July 1867 from the Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Also in 1997 Marine Atlantic sold off its Newfoundland Dockyard, located in St. John's, Newfoundland to a private operator. The dockyard built in the 1880's was at one point in time owned by the Reid Newfoundland Company, then in 1923 was taken over by the Newfoundland Railway company. The Reid Newfoundland Company was incorporated in September 1901 and was the operator of the Newfoundland Railway across the island from 1901 to 1923 The Newfoundland Railway was a railway which operated on the island of Newfoundland from 1898 to 1988 when Newfoundland joined Canada ownership passed to Canadian National.

In 1998, the company moved its headquarters from Moncton to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, after briefly considering North Sydney, Nova Scotia and Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) St John's (ˌseɪntˈdʒanz French Saint-Jean) is the provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and located on the eastern tip North Sydney (2001 pop 6775 is a community in Nova Scotia 's Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Channel-Port aux Basques (also Port aux Basques) is a town at the extreme southwestern tip of the island of Newfoundland

In late 2004 the federal government announced the appointment of a three-member committee tasked with examining future operations of Marine Atlantic. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " One of the options that was reportedly considered included privatization, however the subsequent report called for improved service through fleet renewal, lower fares, increased frequency of crossings, and moving the headquarters to Port aux Basques. Privatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of business from the Public sector (government to the Private sector (business

Former operations

Routes

From its inception in 1986 until 1997, Marine Atlantic operated the following routes:

• Port aux Basques, NL along Newfoundland's remote South Coast serving outports and larger centres such as Burgeo and Ramea to Terrenceville

• Lewisporte, NL, and St. Anthony, NL along the rugged Labrador coast serving outports and larger centres such as Cartwright and Happy Valley-Goose Bay to Nain

• Borden, PE to Cape Tormentine, NB

• Saint John NB to Digby, NS

• Yarmouth, NS to Bar Harbor, Maine

Newfoundland Dockyard

The former Newfoundland Railway and Canadian National owned dockyard located in St. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Channel-Port aux Basques (also Port aux Basques) is a town at the extreme southwestern tip of the island of Newfoundland Newfoundland — ˈn(jufənˌlænd (Terre-Neuve Talamh an Éisc — is a large island 15 km off the east coast of For wider usage of the term outport see Outport. An outport is the term given for a small isolated coastal community in the Burgeo is a Canadian town located on the south coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland Ramea Newfoundland and Labrador ( NST) is a small town located on Northwest Island one of a group of five major islands Terrenceville is a small fishing village located on the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland Canada, south west of Swift Lewisporte is a small town in central Newfoundland, Canada, is situated in a bay close to the mouth of the Exploits St Anthony is a town on the northern reaches of the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador. Modern Labrador Just like its island neighbour Newfoundland early settlement in Labrador was tied to the sea as demonstrated by the Montagnais, Innu and For wider usage of the term outport see Outport. An outport is the term given for a small isolated coastal community in the Cartwright is a community located on the eastern side of the entrance to Sandwich Bay, along the southern coast of Labrador Nain or Naina is the northernmost town of any size in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located Borden-Carleton is a Canadian village located on the south shore of Prince Edward Island, fronting on the Northumberland Strait. Cape Tormentine is a Canadian rural community in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. Saint John is the largest city in the Province of New Brunswick, and the oldest incorporated city in Canada. Public library Isaiah W Wilson Memorial Library Digby Yarmouth is a town and major fishing and ferry port located on the Gulf of Maine in southwestern Nova Scotia, The State of Maine ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean John's Newfoundland. Sold off to a private operator in 1997. renamed NewDock-St. John's Dockyard company.

Vessels

Marine Atlantic inherited numerous vessels from CN Marine in 1986, all of which have since been disposed of. CN Marine was a Canadian Ferry company headquartered in Moncton, New Brunswick. Many of these vessels have gone through numerous ownership changes and, given their advanced age, many have also been scrapped.

Cabot Strait

• MV Marine Evangeline
• MV Ambrose Shea
• MV Marine Nautica
• MV Marine Atlantica
• MV John Hamilton Gray
• MV Marine Cruiser
• MV Sir Robert Bond

Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy

• MV Bluenose
• MV Princess of Acadia

Labrador Coast

• MV Sir Robert Bond
• MV Northern Ranger
• MV Nonia
• MV Bonavista

Newfoundland South Coast

• MV Marine Runner
• MV Marine Courier
• MV Marine Sprinter
• MV Taverner
• MV Petite Forte
• MV Hopedale

Northumberland Strait

• MV Abegweit
• MV John Hamilton Gray
• MV Vacationland
• MV Holiday Island

For further information on ferries which operated on Northumberland Strait prior to Marine Atlantic's service (1986-1997), see Confederation Bridge. Ferry service The MV John Hamilton Gray was launched in May 1965 as hull 349 at the Davie shipyard in Lauzon, Quebec and towed to the Marine M/S Princess of Tasmania was built in September 1959, GRT 3964 IMO No The MV Northern Ranger is a Canadian ice breaking coastal ferry operating in Newfoundland and Labrador. The motor vessel Abegweit was the name for two different icebreaking railway, vehicle and passenger ferries which operated across the Ferry service The MV John Hamilton Gray was launched in May 1965 as hull 349 at the Davie shipyard in Lauzon, Quebec and towed to the Marine The MV Vacationland is a Canadian RORO ferry that operated across the Northumberland Strait between the ports of Cape Tormentine The MV Holiday Island is a Canadian RORO ferry that operates across the Northumberland Strait between the ports of Wood Islands, The Northumberland Strait (French détroit de Northumberland) is a Strait in the southern part of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in eastern Canada The Confederation Bridge (Pont de la Confédération is a Bridge spanning the Abegweit Passage of Northumberland Strait, linking Prince Edward

References

See also

• CN Marine
• Canadian National Railway
• Newfoundland Railway
• Northumberland Ferries Limited
• Bay Ferries Limited

External links

• Marine Atlantic corporate web site
• Marine Atlantic unofficial web site

CN Marine was a Canadian Ferry company headquartered in Moncton, New Brunswick. The Newfoundland Railway was a railway which operated on the island of Newfoundland from 1898 to 1988 Northumberland Ferries Limited ( NFL) is a Ferry company operating in eastern Canada and headquartered in Charlottetown Prince Edward Island Bay Ferries Limited, referred to simply as Bay Ferries, is a ferry company operating in eastern Canada and the United States and is headquartered in Charlottetown

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