Rigel Shipping to operate Belledune-Corner Brook freight ferry
BELLEDUNE, N.B. (Nov. 6, 2001) — The Port of Belledune has selected tanker operator Rigel Shipping Canada to run a freight ferry service to Corner Brook, Nfld., starting next June.
The Port plans to route Newfoundland-bound truck freight through northeastern New Brunswick rather than Sydney, N.S. The move would save hours of transit time. Ferries would sail twice weekly.
Rigel, based in Shediac Cape, N.B., is best known as a petroleum tanker operator. The company said it is currently shopping for a vessel capable of carrying 150 truck trailers and will announce rates for the service in two or three months. Prices, according to Rigel president Brian Ritchie, “will represent a fairly good saving from the existing method.”
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