CMISA Calls for 100% Surtax on Chinese Ships, Citing Strategic and Ethical Threats

Cooke added that it’s “greater than disappointing” {that a} Canadian government-owned, government-funded Crown company, Marine Atlantic, has leased a ferry from Swedish shipowner Stena that was purpose-built in Weihai, China, for service on Canada’s Atlantic coast. This ship has just lately been delivered and commenced its five-year lease.

“This complicated lease construction involving an choice for Marine Atlantic to buy the ship at a later date, seems designed to evade public scrutiny and moral considerations,” mentioned Cooke. “Few Western governments would help the development of a taxpayer-owned ship in China, but a Canadian Crown company has achieved so not directly by way of this lease.