page_title: MV Leif Ericson
section_title: Marine Atlantic
hierarchical_section_title: MV Leif Ericson / Marine Atlantic
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: SVP, rendez cette description accessible à tous en la traduisant dans plusieurs langues. English: Please, have this description accessible to all by translating it in different languages. Quai d'embarquement du traversier en Nouvelle-Écosse, ainsi qu'un des traversiers se rendant à Terre-Neuve English: Marine Atlantic ferry Leif Ericson in the process of loading.
context_page_description: The MV Leif Ericson is a commercial passenger/vehicle ferry in service with the Canadian operator Marine Atlantic. She is currently the oldest vessel in the Marine Atlantic fleet. She was built along with two sister ships by Fosen Mekaniske Verksteder, Norway in the early 1990s. These two are Oslofjord and Patria Seaways.
context_section_description: The vessel was purchased by the Government of Canada for its Crown corporation Marine Atlantic in 2001 and underwent modifications in preparation for operating the 178 km route between North Sydney, Nova Scotia and Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador.
  She was renamed Leif Ericson in honour of the 1000th anniversary of Leif Ericson's settlement in Newfoundland, reportedly the first European to set foot in the New World.
  In June 2010, Marine Atlantic announced an extensive midlife refit of approximately $18 million over the next twelve months for the MV Leif Ericson.
  In May 2015, she was in Deyton's Shipyard, Charleston, SC for repainting and other repairs.
caption: MV Leif Ericson, seen in her original Marine Atlantic livery.
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