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The Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket Steamship Authority operates the car ferries running between Cape Cod and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.

 

 

The Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority, PO Box 284, Woods Hole MA 02543 (tel 508-540-2022), operates these ferryboats:

— Car and passenger ferries from Woods Hole on Cape Cod to Vineyard Haven or Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard. More...

— Car and passenger ferries from Hyannis to the island of Nantucket. More...

— Passengers-only fast catamaran ferry (no cars) from Hyannis to Nantucket. More...

— Passengers-only ferry (no cars) between Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket (summer only). More...

(There are no ferries at all to Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard.)

The car ferries also carry passengers without cars, and passengers with bicycles.

You should have a reservation to ship your car off-season (November through May), and you must have a car reservation in the high-summer months from mid-June through early September.

The Steamship Authority operates large and numerous parking lots with shuttle buses to take passengers to the docks.

Low-power AM radio stations near the docks communicate current details on ferry departures, arrivals and parking availability to passengers driving to Woods Hole and Hyannis, directing traffic to appropriate lots. The radio frequencies of these stations are displayed prominently on approaches to the docks.

Steamship Authority
Vehicle Reservations Tel: 508-477-8600 (Office Hours) or 508-693-9130
Hyannis/Nantucket FastFerry Passenger Only reservations Tel: 508-495-3278


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Bicycles from the Steamship Authority car ferry

The Steamship Authority operates car ferries that also carry walk-on passengers and bicycles.