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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 ...
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 Steamship Authority is governed by a five-person board composed of one resident from Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, Falmouth, Barnstable, and New Bedford, with each resident confirmed by the appropriate local government entity. The board's current chair is James Malkin of Martha's Vineyard.
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.”
MV Iyanough is a high-speed ferry that operates for the Steamship Authority on a route between Hyannis and Nantucket, Massachusetts.. Iyanough was built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding to an Incat Crowther design at a cost of $9.7 million [1] and was delivered to the Authority in January 2007. [3]
MV Woods Hole is a passenger and vehicle ferry operated by the Steamship Authority.. The Authority awarded the vessel's $40.4 million [2] construction contract to Conrad Shipyard, located in Morgan City, Louisiana, in December 2014. [1]
The Steamship Authority made no significant changes to their 2023 fall and summer schedules despite pressure to get rid of an early morning ferry.
The Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority regulates all ferry services to and from the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, and also operates its own passenger, vehicle, and freight ferries. The Authority has an effective monopoly on car ferry service, but private companies operate various passenger routes.