PORTLAND, Maine (AP) _ Nova Scotia officials are asking ferry operators around the world for advice on how to provide less costly ferry service between Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and Maine.
The province also says it would consider switching the destination from Portland to Bar Harbor, Maine.
The Portland Press Herald reports that Nova Scotians are upset that Maine has not helped to subsidize the service. The state recently allocated $640,000 to Portland for improvements to the ferry terminal.
The Nova Scotia government originally committed to spend $21 million over seven years to re-establish the ferry service. But the ferry operator spent all of that, and another $7.5 million, in the first season.
The government has committed to spending another $13 million this season, of which $6.1 already has been spent.