Bar Harbour

• Yarmouth-to-Maine ferry suspended for 2021 season due to COVID-19

  The Yarmouth ferry has not sailed since October 2018, when it last travelled to Portland, Maine.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2021
  
• The season that wasn’t: CAT ferry ends 2019 without a commercial crossing

  The announcement regarding the service, known as the CAT ferry, comes after a tough day in front of media for Nova Scotia's Transportation Minister Lloyd Hines. 

  Politics

  Oct 11, 2019
  
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• Exclusive: Bay Ferries set to move the CAT’s American port to Bar Harbor, Maine

  A draft version of a lease agreement between Bar Harbor and Bay Ferries indicates that a move is well on its way to becoming reality, with the lease agreement — if passed — set to go into effect on Dec. 1, 2018. 

  Canada

  Oct 9, 2018
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• CAT’s August ridership numbers largest in service history, more needed to meet passenger targets

  The CAT service was able to attract 18,366 passengers between Aug. 1, 2018 and Aug 31, 2018, a 31 per cent increase from last year's passenger count.

  Canada

  Sep 18, 2018
• June passenger count for CAT ferry shrinks by 13 per cent compared to 2017

  The figures are the first numbers to be released since the province backed a plan from Bay Ferries Limited — the company that operates the CAT — to move service from Portland to Bar Harbour, Maine. 

  Politics

  Jul 24, 2018
• CAT service could move from Portland to Bar Harbour by 2019: Nova Scotia Minister

  Transportation Minister Lloyd Hines said at a meeting of the province's cabinet that he expects a request from Bay Ferries to be filed soon.

  Canada

  Jul 12, 2018
• Bay Ferries exploring possible shift in service from Portland to Bar Harbor

  The first steps forward in the process could come as early as Tuesday as the town of Bar Harbor, Maine, plans to vote on a possible purchase its local ferry terminal.

  Canada

  Jun 8, 2018