{"id":793211,"date":"2026-07-10T17:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/793211\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T17:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:22:11","slug":"province-assessing-shipbuilding-capacity-in-nl-to-fulfill-ferry-building-commitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/793211\/","title":{"rendered":"Province Assessing Shipbuilding Capacity in NL to Fulfill Ferry-Building Commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bell-island-ferry-legionnaire-stock.jpg\" class=\"header-image\" alt=\"Province Assessing Shipbuilding Capacity in NL to Fulfill Ferry-Building Commitment\"\/>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The provincial government is assessing the capacity that exists in the province to construct new ferries.<\/p>\n<p>The promise to build new ferries for the intraprovincial fleet was a cornerstone of the PC election campaign last fall.<\/p>\n<p>Now, government has issued an RFP for a consultant to review the \u201ccapacity and readiness of the provincial shipbuilding industry to construct three new ferries\u201d to be used in their fleet.<\/p>\n<p>Government says the consultant will assess current shipbuilding capacities and what would be needed for the future.<\/p>\n<p>That process will include speaking with shipyard operators, designers, construction firms, labour representatives, and others.<\/p>\n<p>The final report will identify gaps and provide recommendations on how to address them.<\/p>\n<p>The closing date for submissions is August 6th, with a final report expected later in the fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; The provincial government is assessing the capacity that exists in the province to construct new ferries. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48,269876,185074,269873,269875,269877,269874,269870,269871,269872],"class_list":["post-793211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-listen-to-vocm","tag-news-radio","tag-news-radio-st-johns","tag-st-johns-fm-radio","tag-st-johns-local-radio","tag-st-johns-radio-station","tag-vocm","tag-vocm-590","tag-vocm-radio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}