SSA Ferry Back in Service After Mechanical Problem

A Steamship Authority ferry on the Nantucket route was sidelined for a few hours Monday after crew members found smoke coming from its bow thruster compartment.

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Citing Coast Guard Bottleneck, SSA Extends Service Cuts

Two Steamship Authority ferries, the M/V Governor and M/V Iyanough, will continue to run on shortened schedules as the summer season begins, general manager Robert Davis said this week.

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SSA Posts Survey, Hosts Open Houses on New Strategic Plan

As the Steamship Authority embarks on its first strategic plan, the ferry line is seeking comment from the public.

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Conversion Work Starts on Future SSA Freight Boats

Two of the Steamship Authority's new vessels entered dry dock earlier this month in Alabama and could be running to the Island's next summer.

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Lost Luggage Cart

On Thursday April 20 we took the 1:15 p.m. Island Home from Woods Hole to the Vineyard. There was no luggage cart.

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SS Martha's Vineyard

From the April 24, 1981 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: For 33 years the SS Martha’s Vineyard carried people and cars across Nantucket Sound.

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Steamship Authority Grapples with Deck Officer Shortage

Four experienced Steamship Authority deck officers — licensed mariners responsible for safety and navigation aboard ferries — will not be reporting for duty this spring, potentially affecting the summer operating schedule.

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SSA Votes $27 Million Contract to Convert Two Freight Ferries

Alabama Shipyard, LLC of Mobile, Ala. has won the contract to convert two former offshore service vessels into freight ferries, following a unanimous vote by the boat line board of governors Friday afternoon.

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What's the Plan?

It's been five years since independent consultants at HMS in Seattle, Wash. issued their detailed management study of the Steamship Authority following an unprecedented series of breakdowns on ferries.

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Steamship Sets Special Meeting for Conversion Contracts

The Steamship Authority board of governors is expected to vote Thursday on a shipyard contract to convert two of the boat line’s three recently-purchased service vessels into freight boats.

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