- MV Northern Ranger
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Career Name: MV Northern Ranger Builder: Port Weller Drydocks, Ontario Cost: $18 million Launched: 1986 Status: in active service, as of 2011[update] General characteristics Type: Ice-breaking coastal ferry Tonnage: 2,340 gross register tons (GRT) Length: 72 m (236 ft 3 in) Beam: 15.6 m (51 ft 2 in) Draft: 4.25 m (13 ft 11 in) Speed: 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) Capacity: 131 passengers Crew: 21 MV Northern Ranger is a Canadian ice breaking coastal ferry operating in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The Northern Ranger entered service in 1986 with Marine Atlantic.[1] In 1997, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador took over all intraprovincial ferry service from the federal crown corporation in exchange for a one-time payment for highway construction and capital costs toward improving the ferry service.
The Northern Ranger was transferred from federal ownership under Transport Canada to that of the Department of Transportation and Works. The vessel is operated by Coastal Labrador Marine Services (CLMS).
The Northern Ranger is named after its predecessor, the S.S. Northern Ranger, launched in Scotland in 1936 and operated by the Newfoundland Railway and later Canadian National Railways for thirty years.[2]
She is now being operated by Woodward Group.
References
- ^ "Goose Bay - Rigolet - Cartwright - Black Tickle - Ports North To Nain". www.tw.gov.nl.ca. http://www.tw.gov.nl.ca/FerryServices/schedules/H-goosebay-nain.stm. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
- ^ "M.V. Northern Ranger". www.geocities.com. Archived from the original on 2009-08-05. http://web.archive.org/web/20090805003812/http://geocities.com/TheTropics/Harbor/2971/northernrang.html. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
External links
Categories:- Ferries of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Marine Atlantic
- 1986 ships
- Ships built in Ontario
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