Bar Harbor-Nova Scotia ferry set to resume this June
COURTESY / BAY FERRIES LTD.
Bay Ferries Ltd. expects to resume operation of high-speed CAT ferry service between Bar Harbor and Nova Scotia this June, after the service was delayed last summer.
After a 10-year hiatus, Bay Ferries Ltd. has announced that its high-speed CAT passenger ferry will resume operation between Bar Harbor and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, on June 26.
The service was originally scheduled to start back up last summer, but required construction and permitting delays at the Bar Harbor ferry terminal prevented that from happening.
Throughout the fall and winter, the Canadian company has worked closely with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to get approvals for the terminal, according to a news release.
With marine facilities and many of the shoreside ones complete, Bay Ferries now believes that the remaining work can be completed in accordance with a project plan developed by contractors and with Customs and Border Protection.
Depending on construction progress and other operational preparations, the start date could be moved up to an earlier date, according to the release.
The redesign and reconstruction of the Bar Harbor facility was challenging due to the limited land and building footprint available.
“Our company and our employees are excited to be returning ferry service to Bar Harbor,” Bay Ferries Chairman and CEO Mark MacDonald said. “We look forward to building the market for this very important service and moving people between Maine and Nova Scotia for many years to come.”
Bay Ferries operated the CAT between Bar Harbor and Nova Scotia from 1997 to 2010, but subsequently moved the ferry's Maine berth to Portland. In 2018, the town of Bar Harbor purchased the terminal where the CAT had docked. Bay Ferries indicated it wanted to return the service from Portland to Bar Harbor, and agreed to lease the terminal and pay some of the costs for improving it.
The company began demolition work at the terminal in late winter 2019.
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