The CAT wonât run in 2021
BAR HARBOR
 â The CAT ferry linking travel from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, to Bar Harbor will not operate during the 2021 season due to the pandemic.
Bay Ferries Ltd., the Nova Scotia-based company that operates the CAT, had hoped to resume the service from Bar Harbor in 2019. It has sailed from Portland for the last 10 years.
After losing the 2019 season because the ferry terminal renovation had not been completed and approved by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the company eyed a 2020 start, but that didnât happen due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The decision was made on Monday by Canadian officials who said they do not expect the countryâs border to open to nonessential travel anytime soon.
Credit Courtesy Bay Ferries
A notice on the company’s website indicates that the 2021 season to Bar Harbor has been suspended due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
It’s the third year for the reestablished ferry service between Bar Harbor and Nova Scotia, but thus far there have been no sailings at all.
The service was meant to commence in 2019, after a decade that saw the ferry moved to Portland, but the new service was delayed due to prolonged construction on the Bar Harbor side of the route for screening facilities ordered by Customs and Border Protection.
The season was also canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19.
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Posted: Feb 01, 2021 11:54 AM AT | Last Updated: February 1
The Yarmouth ferry has not run to Maine since 2018.(Brett Ruskin/CBC)
The Nova Scotia government has cancelled the 2021 sailing season for ferry service between Yarmouth, N.S., and Bar Harbor, Maine, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The province s Transportation Department announced the decision in a news release Monday. This will mark the third tourism season in a row without the ferry service in operation.
The Cat high-speed ferry last sailed in 2018 between Yarmouth and Portland, Maine. The service was to operate between Yarmouth and Bar Harbor in 2019, but was not ready in time to allow for commercial crossings. The ferry was cancelled last year due to COVID restrictions.