The Steamship Authority is nearing completion on a new administrative building. Reservations will be unavailable until 6 a.m. Thursday as computer services are moved.

Bob Davis publicly apologized Tuesday for last week’s crash of the Steamship Authority online reservation system on the first day of 2018 bookings.

The Steamship Authority website was back up and running Thursday evening after being down for most of the opening day for coveted summer car reservations.

Ferry travelers to the Vineyard will experience a change of pace starting Monday, with the official opening of the Steamship Authority’s new temporary terminal in Woods Hole.

A Steamship Authority shuttle driver died suddenly Sunday afternoon while on the job, according to the boat line.

The signs still say “Opening November 2017,” but the Steamship Authority’s temporary terminal in Woods Hole will not open its doors until next month.

Nearly 25 years after the M/V Martha’s Vineyard began her daily seven-mile passages between Woods Hole and the Vineyard, the Steamship Authority ferry is getting a $17.4 million makeover.

Boat line governors voted Tuesday to limit the size of trucks on the 5:30 a.m. freight run to the Vineyard to less than 40 feet in the summer months.

A preliminary study on a freight route between New Bedford and Vineyard Haven concludes the service could be successful but would have a hefty price tag.

Truckers and Falmouth residents sounded off again this week on a plan by the Steamship Authority to make changes to the early morning freight schedule.