Old BC Ferries in Egypt
Coast Reporter – Sep 2, 2022 / 5:41 pm | Story: 383347
Photo: Michael Fearn Photo.
Sunshine Coast resident Michael Fearn works in the marine industry and was pulling into Alexandria, Egypt recently when he spotted some familiar boats.
“They are in very bad shape. Basically scrap it looks like,” the longtime Coaster said in an email.
What are the odds, Fearn wrote. “It is a big planet. And for me to just come across them was quite the surprise.”
“Could have come in handy lately. Even if they had to go slow,” he said.
Fearn had spotted defunct BC Ferries boats Pacificat Discovery and Pacificat Explorer.
Both were a part of the provincial government’s infamous Fast Ferry scandal and have been in the Middle East since 2009, when they were sold at auction to a Abu Dhabi luxury boat builder. The U.A.E. would later donate them to Egypt.
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