PacifiCats Sold

The most embarrassing remnants of BC Ferries' history – the wildly over-budget and ultimately unusable FastCat ferries – have been sold to a buyer planning to send them to the Middle East. The ferries,known as the PacifiCats, were bought at auction in 2003 by the Washington Marine Group for only $CAD 19.5-million, a fraction of their original cost of $CAD 460-million. The Washington Marine Group confirmed that the three ferries have been sold to Abu Dhabi Mar for an undisclosed price. Abu Dhabi Mar is a United Arab Emirates company known for its yacht building and remodelling of older vessels. The first of the ferries will leave next month for the Middle East on a heavy-lift vessel.

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