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Bay Mist, the oldest vessel in the fleet One of the newer ferries in the Casco Bay Lines fleet, the Aucocisco III, which replaced the Island Holiday in 2006. Casco Bay Lines' Island Romance ferry docked in Portland. As of 2024, there are five vessels in Casco Bay Lines' fleet: [11] Bay Mist (built in 1985) Machigonne II (built in 1987)
Public transportation in Maine is available for all four main modes of transport—air, bus, ferry and rail—assisting residents and visitors to travel around much of Maine's 31,000 square miles (80,000 km 2). The Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) has broken down the state's sixteen counties into eight regions: [1]
The Chebeague Island Ferry (also known as the CTC Ferry) [1] is a passenger ferry which runs between Chebeague Island and Cousins Island in Maine, United States. [2] Operated by the Chebeague Transportation Company (CTC), the route was formally established in 1975, [3] although boats have carried passengers between the two islands since the late 1950s.
Port of Portland in July 2012. From 1970 to 2008 the Port of Portland was connected by a seasonal (summer only) international ferry service to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Lion Ferry operated the first vessels on this route, MS Prince of Fundy (1970–76), MS Bolero (1973–76), and MS Caribe (1976–81).
The Casco Bay Mailboat is a sailing vessel, run by Casco Bay Lines, which delivers mail and other items to the residents of the islands of Casco Bay in Maine, United States. It is the longest-running mailboat service in the country, having been in existence since the 1870s. Up until the 1950s, the boat was coal-powered; now it runs on a diesel ...
Rockland Ferry Terminal is a public ferry terminal and intercity bus stop in Rockland, Maine. It is the mainland terminus for ferries to three island communities in Penobscot Bay: Vinalhaven, North Haven and Matinicus. Concord Coach Lines provides bus service to Portland, Bangor, Boston, and nearby towns.
Tangier Island, home to a Virginia fishing town and about 400 people, could be saturated by rising seas and convert to uninhabitable wetlands by 2051, Tangier Island, home to a Virginia fishing ...
Plans for the new passenger terminal were made as early as 2003, when the Portland city council presented an early design for the facility, including two buildings — a 5,000-square-foot (460 m 2) receiving building and a 16,000-square-foot (1,500 m 2) terminal building — built at the end of a pier. [3]