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The Saint Johns River Ferry, also known as the Mayport Ferry, is an automobile ferry between Mayport and Fort George Island, two areas within Jacksonville, Florida. The 0.9 miles (1.4 km) voyage crosses the Saint Johns River about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) inland of the river's mouth and travels in an east-west direction for approximately 2,000 feet ...
The ferry first entered service in 1853, [3] and it is the oldest ferry service still operating in Florida. [4] It was operated as a military ferry by the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. [5] The current ferry began operation in 1914, [6] and is one of four still operating in the state of Florida. [4]
Arctic Umiaq Line (coastal ferry along the western coast of Greenland) Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (operates one ferry across Bull Shoals Lake) Augusta Ferry (service between Higginsport, Ohio, and Augusta, Kentucky) Bay Ferries (eastern Canada and US, Caribbean Sea) BC Ferries (British Columbia, Canada)
From November 2003 to April 2004, The Cat was operated by Bay Ferries for Bahama Florida Express, which was an inaugural high speed ferry service between Port Everglades, Florida and the Bahamas. From December 2004 to April 2005, Bay Ferries operated The Cat between Port of Spain and Scarborough in Trinidad and Tobago for the Government of ...
Other known companies engaged in United States–Cuba car ferry service are as follows: The Florida East Coast Car Ferry Company, beginning in 1915, [10] operated a service from Key West, Florida to Havana. After the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 destroyed the FEC Key West Extension, service was transferred to Port Everglades. [13]
MV Confederation in 2008 MV Confederation in 2022 in her new livery. MV Confederation is a double-ended RORO ferry which operates on a seasonal basis between Caribou, Nova Scotia and Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island from May to December.
Between 1840 and the 1960s, Red Funnel line and its predecessors operated 40 different classic passenger ferries, many of these being paddle steamers. Later ferries sometimes had space allocated for carrying cars but it was not until 1959 that the first purpose-built car ferry was introduced.
By 1907, the line was completed between Boca Grande and Arcadia, where repair shops were located, as well as a connection to the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad's Lakeland—Fort Myers Line (the former Florida Southern Railway). The Boca Grande port included a 3,000 foot dock for loading large vessels directly from railroad cars.