I was just to Atlantic Canada, visiting Sydney. Actually, I've been there twice. I went there once earlier to sort of kick the tires of Marine Atlantic. It's part of my portfolio to understand a little bit of their difficulties. This last year.... I'll be honest with you; when you only have a 10% success rate in being on time, that's not good enough, as far as I'm concerned. It has to be changed.
So we were over, looking at how we can improve the service for the people of Newfoundland and North Sydney. We are pleased to announce that we were able to launch a new vessel. This new vessel has 40% more capacity. It's a tremendous vessel that should be the pride of their fleet for sure, and the pride of Canada. It really is a phenomenal vessel that will give us an opportunity to be able to enhance service in that area and really make a significant difference. The captain of the ship tells me that it goes through the ice much better than any of the vessels in the fleet. It's performing above their expectation.
But Marine Atlantic does need some infrastructure work, on both shores, in North Sydney as well as the Newfoundland side, Port aux Basques and some other areas. I'm not trying to underplay in terms of what the ship will do; it does need some more attention. We're hoping that we'll be able to work hand in glove with Marine Atlantic. I know that the board is really working hard to try to provide the service.