After five-year absence, a car ferry again links Maine and Nova Scotia

摘要

Built five years ago to ply the English Channel, Norman Leader never sailed due to a dispute between the buyer and builder over deadweight capacity. Now the ferry has a new name, Nova Star, and a new role: reviving service between Maine and Nova Scotia. The 528-foot ship began sailing May 15 from Portland, Maine, to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, restoring a link between the cities that was severed in 2009. That's when Bay Ferries Ltd., owner of The Cat, a highspeed catamaran, dropped the route after the province stopped providing annual subsidies.