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Six months after being damaged by Hurricane Sally and just days before they were to be placed back into service, Pensacola’s ferries will remain docked for now.
Scheduled to resume this weekend, the service has been put on hold once again. Joe Asebedo, the general manager of Pensacola Bay Cruises, says they’re awaiting the last piece of the puzzle – Coast Guard approval.
“We’ve gone through all the safety inspections; through all the safety system inspections, seaworthiness inspections that the Coast Guard has done,” Asebedo said. “Those have all passed; the crew has been tested, those have passed. We’re ready to go but it’s really been just a small amount of paperwork that’s taken a little bit longer than anticipated.”
Only one of the two ferries, the Pelican Perch, will be operational initially. The Turtle Runner ferry is still in a shipyard in Alabama undergoing work. Both ferries were damaged by Hurricane Sally in September and have been out of commission since then.
Ferry tickets will cost:
Seniors 62 and older, military, people with disabilities, students: $10 each way or $20 roundtrip
Youth 3 to 15: $7.50 each way or $15 roundtrip
Children 2 and under: free
A locals card can be purchased for additional discounts. Additional fare pricing can be found at pensacolabaycruise.com.
The ferry service operation schedule is below, and the schedule will be updated on pensacolabaycruise.com. The downtown Pensacola dock is located at 750 Commendencia St., while the one at Pensacola Beach is at Quietwater Landing at 400 Quietwater Beach Road.
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This story originally aired on Jan. 2, 2021.
an Brown is retiring after 10 years as Gulf Islands National Seashore, and 45 years with the National Park Service.
Credit National Parks Service
After 45 years with the National Park Service the last 10 as superintendent of Gulf Islands National Seashore Dan Brown is retiring next month.
“I’m not one of those folks who plans to die at my desk or die on the job; I have other things in life, my wife and I both, that we want to pursue when we’re not putting in 40-50 hours a week at work,” said Brown.”
One of the items on Brown’s “honey-do” list is a trip abroad.