Rhode Island Bay Lighthouse Cruises

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01/21/2019

The state Division of Public Utilities and Carriers has denied Interstate Navigation’s request to incur $8.5 million in debt to build a new 500-passenger fast ferry. The 22 page Report and Order was issued Friday, Jan. 4. Interstate has 30 days to...

12/30/2018

During the last 5 years Interstate Navigation has been telling the Town of New Shoreham and the PUC there is no demand for additional fast ferry service while fighting our proposed Quonset to Block Island service. All the while they have been planning this new fast ferry for the past 2-years. This big new ferry will be displacing local fisherman in the Port of Galilee by taking up more dock space.

The Block Island Ferry is seeking a new boat for its fleet. A public hearing will be held Thursday on the matter. Interstate Navigation wants to replace a 250-passenger seasonal high-speed boat with a new vessel that can carry 500 passengers. They are also asking to incur an $8. 5 million in debt to...

07/20/2018

Seasonal high-speed ferry service to Block Island from Quonset was supposed to start running two years ago, but a lengthy legal battle is keeping the project in dry dock and dividing people both on and off the island.“We know there’s a demand for the servi

09/06/2017

Bumble Bee photo bombs the entering harbor Martha's Vineyard on a sunny late summer day. Courtesy of Twitter - https://tinyurl.com/yd5ytkud