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New York City had an extensive ferry network until the 1960s, when almost all ferry services were discontinued, but saw a revival in the 1980s and 1990s. During 2013 the city government officially proposed its own ferry service, which was announced two years later under the tentative name of Citywide Ferry Service.
In July 2016, Horizon was one of two shipbuilders awarded a contract to construct new passenger ferries for the NYC Ferry service in New York City. [3] However, during the construction of the vessels, Horizon encountered cash flow challenges and began to fall behind schedule, leading it to employ contract workers that exacerbated its financial ...
In 2019, as part of a service expansion announcement, it was announced by NYC Ferry that a new route, called the Coney Island route, would open in 2021 and operate from Wall St/Pier 11 to Coney Island, with an intermediate stop at Bay Ridge.
A new commercial ferry line moving through Central America began operating Thursday, directly connecting El Salvador and Costa Rica to the exclusion of Nicaragua and Honduras. The Blue Wave ...
Team boats served New York City for "about ten years, from 1814-1824. They were of eight horse-power and crossed the rivers in from twelve to twenty minutes." [10]In 1812, two steam boats designed by Robert Fulton were placed in use in New York, for the Paulus Hook Ferry from the foot of Cortlandt Street, and on the Hoboken Ferry from the foot of Barclay Street.
A second boat for the Daufuskie Island ferry service was approved by Beaufort County, as the service provider looks to end the battle over compliance with the county’s contract.
In 2021, the county signed a three-year contract with Haig Point to operate the ferry service. Haig Point leases Melrose Landing from Redfish, the current owners who are represented by Pitcher as ...
One of the first documented team boats in commercial service in the United States was "put in service in 1814 on a run between Brooklyn and Manhattan." [1] It took "8 to 18 minutes to cross the East River and carried an average of 200 passengers, plus horses and vehicles."