Repairs to the Oak Bluffs Steamship Authority wharf are on track to be completed by June 15, a week ahead of schedule but nearly a month after the terminal’s normal opening, boat line governors learned Wednesday
Pledging a “quick fix,” James Malkin told the county commission that mistakes were made over the Oak Bluffs ferry terminal.
After more than a decade of planning and almost three years of construction, the Steamship Authority’s new Oak Bluffs terminal was officially opened on Wednesday, just in time for the start of the boat line’s seasonal service.
The chairman of the Oak Bluffs selectmen, Duncan Ross, flanked by the SSA’s general manager, Wayne Lamson and Martha’s Vineyard’s representative on the SSA board of governors, Marc Hanover, cut a red ribbon strung across the front door of the new building.
The Steamship Authority is on track to finish a difficult year in reasonably good financial shape, the last board meeting of 2009 was told last week.
As of the end of October, the boat line’s net operating income was almost $12 million, some $2.8 million better than forecast.
The monthly business summary continued the good-in-parts trend of recent months: revenues were sharply down, but so were costs.
