It happened yesterday. One minute before 11 a.m., the Island boat line was administered by the officers and directors of the Massachusetts Steamship Lines Inc., as constituted for some time past; one minute after 11, the management was in the hands of new officers and directors, the responsibility of the New Bedford, Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamboat Authority.
Steamship Authority
September 30, 1960
Vineyard Gazette
Only the signature of Governor Furcolo now remains to turn into law the bill setting up a new Steamship Authority with three members, locally appointed, to represent the Vineyard Nantucket, and F
2025
May 9, 2025
The Steamship Authority is bringing its newest ferry, M/V Aquinnah, to the Vineyard May 16 for a public commissioning ceremony at the Oak Bluffs terminal.
May 8, 2025
The Steamship Authority’s board of governors may be held to term limits if a state bill passes. And a dead minke whale washed up on the shores of Chilmark.
May 8, 2025
State Sen. Dylan Fernandes, a Democrat from Falmouth, filed a bill at the start of the legislative session that would only allow members of the ferry line’s oversight board to serve three terms.
April 17, 2025
More than three years after the Steamship Authority began investigating the potential for electrified ferries, the boat line is no closer to reducing its dependence on diesel fuel.
April 8, 2025
One of the two ferry slips at the Steamship Authority terminal in Nantucket is out of commission after the M/V Eagle collided with and damaged the outermost dolphin, a cluster of pilings used to extend the berthing area.
April 7, 2025
A Dukes County grand jury returned indictments against David Capato, who allegedly staged a bomb threat at the Steamship Authority Terminal earlier this year.
