Société des traversiers du Québec

The Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ) is a ferry company which has operated some intra-provincial ferry services in Quebec since 1971. It is a crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec.

STQ operates the following services:

  • Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola to Sorel-Tracy, crossing the St. Lawrence River with three ships, the Catherine-Legardeur and the former twins Armand-Imbeau and jos-Deschênes now called Alexandrina-Chalifoux and Didace-Guévremont
  • Lévis to Quebec City, crossing the St. Lawrence River with two twin vessels, Alphonse-Desjardins and Lomer-Gouin.
  • Tadoussac to Baie-Sainte-Catherine, crossing the Saguenay River with three ships, the Armand-Imbeau II and the Jos-Deschênes II all year long. The two are the first ferry’s powered by liquified natural gas that been constructed in North America by Davie Shipbuilding.
  • Matane to Baie-Comeau and Godbout, crossing the St. Lawrence River with one ship, the Saaremaa I, which replaced the F.-A.-Gauthier, when that ferry was taken out of service due to engine issues. The MV F.-A.-Gauthier had replaced Camille-Marcoux in 2015. The F.-A.-Gauthier is the first ferry in North American service powered by liquified natural gas.
  • L'Isle-aux-Coudres to Les Éboulements, crossing the St. Lawrence River with two vessels, the Joseph-Savard and the Radisson.
  • Chevery to Harrington Harbour, with Mécatina II.

The following services are operated in partnership with another company:

the Félix-Antoine-Savard is the only polyvalent ferry capable of doing multiple service in the STQ, it is use for replacement of another ferry when has maintenance or for help in certain service like Tadoussac to Baie-Sainte-Catherine or L'Isle-aux-Coudres to Les Éboulements, it had been use when the F.-A.-Gauthier had break down before the sale of the NM Apollo.

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