Two Steamship Authority (SSA) board members have criticized the ferry service’s general manager on Tuesday, September 26, giving him scores that didn’t reach 70 points out of 100 during this year’s annual evaluation. Vineyard representative to the board, Jim Malkin, gave general manager Robert Davis a score in the 60s and Falmouth representative Peter Jeffrey […]
The Martha s Vineyard Times
Steamship crew members test positive
Mariners on ferries Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket sidelined.
Some positive cases of COVID-19 have caused some changes in scheduling for the Steamship Authority. -Rich Saltzberg
Two Steamship Authority crew members have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, one on the MV Martha’s Vineyard and one on the MV Nantucket. Neither employee’s name is being disclosed by the ferry line for reasons of medical privacy. The MV Martha’s Vineyard crew member last worked on a Vineyard route shift that began at noon on Jan. 10, and ended at 11:30 am on Jan. 11, according to a release.
Cape Cod Times
FALMOUTH Two Steamship Authority employees have tested positive for COVID-19, the ferry line said Wednesday.
One employee was working on the Martha s Vineyard route, while the other is an employee assigned to the authority s Vineyard Haven terminal.
Neither employee has been identified by the authority.
The first employee s last shift on the M/V Martha s Vineyard began with the noon trip on Sunday and ended with the ferry s arrival in Woods Hole at 11:30 a.m. on Monday.
Subsequently, the crew member was informed they had close contact with someone else who had tested positive for the virus. The employee received a positive result on Wednesday morning, the Authority said in a statement.