Some great news from Marine Atlantic today, the MV Blue Puttees (right) and MV Highlanders (left) have been purchased from Stena RoRo for $100 million a piece ($200 million all together). Since 2011, these two vessels have served the North Sydney, N.S. Port aux Basques, N.L. route and have added capacity on the route from its predecessors. Both ships had a five year charter with an option to renew or purchase at anytime. From a travelers point of view, my experiences on both have been fantastic and yes I would definitely return to either vessel in the years to come.