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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.
Hyannis is a major tourist destination and the primary ferry boat and general aviation link for passengers and freight to Nantucket Island. Hyannis also provides secondary passenger access to the island of Martha's Vineyard, with the primary passenger access to Martha's Vineyard being located in Woods Hole, a village in the nearby town of Falmouth.
The ferry service started in 1912 and was operated from 1925 until 1992 by the MV Brightlingsea. The service was later started with the MV Explorer 12, a Sea Truck, which is owned by Austrian Christian Zemann and his English wife Lucy Zemann and licensed to carry 12 passengers. [1] As of 2016 the service is provided by the simply-named Harbour ...
MV Grey Lady IV is a high-speed catamaran ferry operated by Hy-Line Cruises that runs on a route between Hyannis and Nantucket, Massachusetts.. Hy-Line's request to regulator Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority to construct the ship that would become Grey Lady IV was approved in May 2014, [1] and the vessel was ordered from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding in February ...
The promotion of Harwich as a good railhead for ferry services across the North Sea dates back to the Eastern Counties Railway and from 1869 the Great Eastern Railway (GER) advertised using its services from Liverpool Street to Harwich in conjunction with a ferry service as "The shortest, cheapest, and most direct route" to a selection of northern European countries, and offered through ...
She is the third Incat ferry to be operated by Hy-Line, preceded by Grey Lady II (now Lady Martha) and succeeded by Grey Lady IV. [3] Grey Lady is 144 feet (44 m) long, with a beam of 35 feet (11 m) and a draft of 6.5 feet (2.0 m). [1] She displaces 142 Long Tons and is 86 Gross Tons.
The Harwich Lifeboat Albert Brown (ON 1202) Harwich Severn-class and Ro-Ro Ferry In 1997, Harwich acquired 17-03 Albert Brown , a Severn-class fast lifeboat built by Green Marine in 1995. [ 10 ] She is 17 meters long, 5.5 meters wide with a depth of 1.38 meters, with a top speed of 25 knots and a range of 250 nautical miles. [ 11 ]