Four months after it opened, the Manatee County Gulf Islands Ferry could be expanding again for many looking for an easier way to get to Anna Maria Island.
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The new “Gulf Islands Ferry Service” will take riders from the Bradenton Riverwalk day dock just east of the Green Bridge to either Anna Maria or the Bridge Street Pier in Bradenton Beach.
EXCLUSIVE: Fast ferry ‘war’ to move from Gozo to Sicily route
Zammit Tabona-Magro plan to launch catamaran service challenging Virtu Ferries.
16 December 2020
The Shift can exclusively reveal a looming commercial war on the Malta-Sicily route as a new fast ferry company is expected to challenge the status quo and start offering a new catamaran service between the two islands, challenging Virtu Ferries.
Ponte Ferries Limited, a new company registered just a few weeks ago, has already chartered a 21-year-old catamaran, currently operating in the Canary Islands, to use for the new Malta-Sicily crossing. It is not yet known when the service will start operating as plans by Ponte Ferries are still kept under wraps.