BC Ferries says state-owned Chinese builder clear choice for new vessels despite trade war

Open this photo in gallery: BC Ferries is buying new ships from China to overhaul its aging fleet.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press BC Ferries is buying four massive ferries from a Chinese state-owned shipyard to run routes to and from Vancouver Island, saying that bidder was the clear choice despite China being locked in a trade war with Canada. The publicly owned ferry operator announced this week that China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyards had won the right to build these vessels and that no Canadian companies stepped up, mostly because they are too busy fulfilling federal military contracts. BC Ferries -…