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The journey time is approximately one hour. The company also operates seasonal inter-island trips between Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. All of Hy-Line Cruises ferry services are passenger only (although bicycles are carried for a small fee) due to the legal monopoly held on vehicle ferry service that is held by the Steamship Authority. [8]
The Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority, doing business as The Steamship Authority (SSA), is the statutory regulatory body for all ferry operations between mainland Massachusetts and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, as well an operator of ferry services between the mainland and the islands.
MV Nantucket is a 230-foot-long (70 m) ferry owned and operated by the Steamship Authority. It was built in 1974 by Belinger Shipyards in Jacksonville, Florida. She serves the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. [1] [2] She was named after a 19th-century paddlewheel steamer serving this route, the sidewheeler Nantucket.
The Providence-Newport Ferry is back in operation for 2024, offering a car-free option to get between the two cities. The Rhode Island Department of Transportation began the Providence-Newport ...
The Steamship Authority's ferry to Nantucket island has been operated by many vessels, including: Nantucket, a sidewheel steam ferry in service 1886 to 1910; Nantucket, the former Nobska, in service 1928 to 1956; SS Nantucket, in service 1957 to 1974, then renamed Naushon; MV Nantucket, in service since 1974
Nantucket (/ ˌ n æ n ˈ t ʌ k ɪ t /) is an island in the state of Massachusetts in the United States, about 30 miles (48 km) south of the Cape Cod peninsula. [1] Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the Town and County of Nantucket, a combined county/town government. Nantucket is the southeasternmost ...
MV Iyanough is a high-speed ferry that operates for the Steamship Authority on a route between Hyannis and Nantucket, Massachusetts.. Iyanough was built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding to an Incat Crowther design at a cost of $9.7 million [1] and was delivered to the Authority in January 2007. [3]
The Nobska was a steamship that plied the waters of Nantucket Sound as part of The Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority's fleet between 1925 and 1973 as a ferry. She was eventually scrapped in 2006 despite efforts to save her.