Steamship Authority

April 29, 1949

Captains, Kings Go; People Take Over

The Vineyard Gazette
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.
Steamships and Ferries
Steamship Authority
September 30, 1960

Bill to Free Islands from City Goes to Governor

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
Steamships and Ferries
Steamship Authority

2022

September 28, 2022

Proposed Slow Speed Zones for Right Whales Worry SSA Officials

Louisa Hufstader
Steamship Authority
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has proposed an expansion of its Speed Management Areas to help critically endangered right whales.
September 27, 2022

Steamship Authority Names Its Two New Vessels

Louisa Hufstader
Steamship Authority
The two newest additions to the Steamship Authority fleet will be named M/V Aquinnah and M/V Monomoy, following a unanimous vote by the boat line board of governors.
September 14, 2022

SSA Narrows List in Naming Contest for New Freight Ferries

Louisa Hufstader
Steamship Authority
Pinkletink and Boaty McBoatface won’t soon be plying the waters between Woods Hole and Vineyard Haven, having failed to make the short-list of names for the newest additions to the Steamship Authority fleet.
September 14, 2022

SSA Eyes Fare Hike in 2023

Louisa Hufstader
Steamship Authority
Steamship Authority customers were spared a fare increase in 2022, but more than $3 million in red ink on next year’s draft operating budget spells higher prices for riders in 2023.
September 8, 2022

Island SSA Rep Updates County Commission

Aidan Pollard
Steamship Authority
Dukes County Commission
As public pressure grows in the wake of Steamship Authority cancellations, breakdowns and reservation woes, the Dukes County commission invited Jim Malkin, Vineyard representative to the SSA, to give an update on operations at the ferry line on Sept. 7.
September 2, 2022

Drydock Uncovers Costly Surprise for SSA

Louisa Hufstader
Steamship Authority
M/V Katama
The cost of overhauling the Steamship Authority freight ferry M/V Katama, originally estimated at $1.1 million, has ballooned by more than 40 per cent after drydock workers found deteriorating structural steel deep inside the vessel.

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