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
January 22, 2025
The 5:30 a.m. freight departure from Vineyard Haven is back in business for the next couple of months, after regulatory complications pushed back planned dock work at the Steamship Authority terminal until this fall.
January 21, 2025
Justin Leblanc, 50, died in Tisbury in late December, according to police and court officials.
January 17, 2025
A four-person committee of Steamship Authority governing board and port council members will interview four executive search firms for the job of finding a new general manager to replace Robert Davis.
January 15, 2025
Chilmark select board chair James Malkin will have been a select board member for three terms by the time he steps down in April.
January 15, 2025
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Wednesday pulled the draft rules, which would have lowered the speed limit for boats across the East Coast, cutting ferry service to the Vineyard.
January 13, 2025
Gov. Maura Healey is calling on federal regulators to amend a new proposal that could drastically cut ferry service to the Vineyard and Nantucket.
