Robert Davis received a 4 per cent salary increase, retroactive to July 1, following his annual performance review by the boat line board of governors Tuesday.
The Steamship Authority is proposing to raise its rates for the second year in a row to offset a projected $3 million budget shortfall, but most Island residents and walk-on commuters would be spared from the increases.
The Steamship Authority is updating its staff training program following an internal investigation of last month’s accident in Woods Hole, where the M/V Sankaty came loose from its slip.
With its borrowing limit increased by $50 million in the new state budget, the Steamship Authority now has the financial headroom to add a fourth ship to its growing fleet of identical former oilfield supply vessels, which the ferry line is converting into freight ferries.
Two Steamship Authority ferries, M/V Gay Head and M/V Nantucket, are out of service for the weekend, although the Nantucket is expected to be back in action Sunday night.
The Steamship Authority’s 5:30 a.m. summer freight boats are once again the target of unhappy Falmouth residents who say the terminal-bound truck traffic destroys their early-morning tranquility.