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MV Ferry Services Closed Through Sunday Night Due To Henri
The United States Coast Guard has shut down all Steamship Authority ports to and from the island until at least 5 p.m. for Henri.
MARTHA'S VINEYARD, MA — Ferry services on the Steamship Authority have been canceled through Sunday night as Henri approaches Massachusetts.
Sunday morning the Steamship Authority took to Twitter, tweeting the United States Coast Guard shut down ports to all traffic. The tweet said they were hoping to get some trips in early this morning but did not get to, and instead said ferry services would not run until noon.
A few hours later at 9:15 a.m., the Steamship Authority tweeted all trips had been canceled through 5 p.m., including the scheduled 5 p.m. departures from Woods Hole and Vineyard Haven.
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They wrote that trips of the high-speed ferry M/V Iyanough on the Nantucket route are now canceled for the entire day.
"If we resume service today, all trips will run from Vineyard Haven. Oak Bluffs will not take ferry traffic today, but the ticket window is open for inquiries," the most recent tweet reads.
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Good morning #Henri watchers. The US Coast Guard has shut down the ports to all traffic. We were hopeful we would get some early AM trips in but it won’t be possible, so all trips will be canceled through noon, then we will reassess. Keep checking https://t.co/xX9m7H1qc8 for more
— Steamship Authority (@SteamshipMA) August 22, 2021
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