Chantier Davie of Canada said a keel laying ceremony was held for the LNG-powered MV Armand-Imbeau II.
The ceremony marked the beginning of the hull assembly for this first of two sister-ships under construction at Davie for the Société des traversiers du Québec, the company said in a statement.
The two ferries for the Tadoussac‒Baie-Sainte-Catherine route are built for year-round navigation on the Saguenay Fjord. Measuring 92 metres long, each ship will include eight rows on two decks, enabling the transport of up to 110 vehicles, including tractor-trailers. The ferries use the latest generation in motorized systems including Liquefied Natural Gas engines. Instead of a conventional propulsion system, each ship uses electric thrusters. The MV Armand-Imbeau II is scheduled to be delivered in Fall 2015 followed by the MV Jos-Deschênes II, four months later.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Société des traversiers du Québec, Jocelyn Fortier , stated that the two new ferries will be the first LNG-propelled ferries built in North America.
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