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The Steamship Authority made no significant changes to their 2023 fall and summer schedules despite pressure to get rid of an early morning ferry.
Steamship Authority passenger ridership was 2.9 million in 2022, according to a recent annual report. 'Overall failure.' Answers sought after ferry cancellations, delays in Woods Hole
The state Legislature created the Steamship Authority in 1960 to provide for “adequate transportation of persons and necessaries of life for the Islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard.”
The Steamship Authority's former terminal in Woods Hole, razed in 2018. The Steamship Authority's roots trace back to the 1833-established Nantucket Steamboat Company. [4] Demand for regular steamship service between Cape Cod and Nantucket increased following the opening of the Cape Cod Railroad's Hyannisport station in 1854.
Currently operated by the Steamship Authority, she was built in 1954 to operate the ferry service from San Diego to Coronado, California. After the San Diego-Coronado Bridge was built, spanning her original route, she was sold to Washington State Ferries where she was christened the MV Kulshan and served in Puget Sound waters from 1970 to 1982.
With the outbreak of World War II, the island was taken over by the U.S. military, and the ships of the Wilmington Transportation Company were conscripted as well.The SS Avalon was left behind for limited transportation to and from the mainland, while the SS Catalina and SS Cabrillo were taken to San Francisco to serve as troop transports for the San Francisco Port of Embarkation.
Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority passenger ridership was 2.9 million in 2022, according to a recent annual report. 'We've finally reached a fever pitch.' Steamship ...
A federal district court judge has blocked another effort by 11 employees of the Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority to be exempt from the agency’s COVID-19 vaccine ...