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Marine Transportation Services

Provision, maintenance and management of 18 provincial ferries servicing over 30 communities throughout the province.  Marine operations include:

• Eight government-owned and operated vessels, two government-owned and privately operated (through a contract with the provincial government) vessels, and eight privately-owned contracted vessels serving approximately 30,000 residents;
• Operations accounting for $94 million for 2010-11 (accounting for approximately  900,000 passengers, 400,000 vehicles, and 20,000 tons of freight moved);
• Provision for fleet modernization through government’s vessel replacement plan;
• Provision for vessel modification and refits of government-owned vessels through a comprehensive vessel maintenance management program; and,
• Operation of government-owned vessels with a complement of approximately 275 marine staff.
• Note:   The Department of Transportation and Works is not responsible for the Gulf Ferry Service.  Responsibility for this service resides with the Government of Canada through Marine Atlantic Inc. .

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Ferry Operations Division

Maintenance and Engineering Division

Vessel Replacement Division

Regions

Eastern Region

Central and Western Region

Northern Region

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