Steamship Gets Dozens of Applications for General Manager Position

The search for a new general manager to run the Steamship Authority has surveyed close to 100 potential candidates, received 40 applications and identified five leading choices so far, executives with Faststream Recruitment said Friday.

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Woods Hole Terminal Construction Is Heavy Lift for All Involved

For the first time since the project started, construction on the new Woods Hole Steamship Authority terminal will continue through the busy season, forcing a game of musical chairs for the hundreds of thousands of passengers and motorists coming on and off the ferries. 

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Sanitation Pipe Backups Scuttle Freight Ferry Trips

Several trips aboard the Steamship’s newest ferry were cancelled this week after workers discovered a blockage in some of the vessel’s sanitation pipes. 

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Steamship Approves $5.7 Million for New Reservations System

The long-awaited successor to the Steamship Authority’s aging vehicle reservations system will be a digital platform from E-Dea, a company in Naples, Italy providing software for ferries, cruise ships and ports.

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SSA and Vessel Unions Agree to Pay Raises

The Steamship Authority has ratified contracts for about 280 vessel employees in recent weeks, giving pay raises across the board and raising the potential for changes to shifts in the coming years. 

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SSA Seeks to Ease Woods Hole Traffic During Terminal Work

The Steamship Authority is looking at ways to alleviate congestion in Woods Hole after weather cancellations paired with the terminal construction caused traffic jams last weekend.

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Searching for Fresh Water in the Ocean

An expedition to understand large pockets of fresh groundwater just off Martha’s Vineyard. And Porchfest lets the music flow through the streets of Edgartown.

 

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Steamship to Sample Renewable Fuel this Summer

The Steamship Authority ferry M/V Island Home will be running on renewable diesel this summer, in a pilot program that could result in switching the entire fleet to the low-emissions fuel.

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New Ferry M/V Aquinnah Arrives

The newly-completed ferry M/V Aquinnah officially joined the Steamship Authority fleet Friday, in a commissioning ceremony that drew about 150 people to the ferry terminal in Oak Bluffs.

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Islanders Welcome Steamship’s New Aquinnah Ferry

The newly-completed ferry M/V Aquinnah officially joined the Steamship Authority fleet Friday, in a commissioning ceremony that drew about 150 people to the ferry terminal in Oak Bluffs.

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