A batch of crew shortages has caused ferry cancellations for the Steamship Authority (SSA) on Tuesday afternoon.
The passenger ferry Island Home’s 1:15 pm departure from Woods Hole and its 2:30 pm trip from Vineyard Haven were both canceled due to a crew shortage.
Farther east, the passenger ferry Eagle’s 2:45 pm departure from Hyannis and the 5:30 pm departure from Nantucket were both also initially canceled because of a crew shortage, but the absent worker eventually arrived, and the trips ran on a delayed schedule — a 45-minute late start for the 2:45 pm departure, and a 30-minute delay for the 5:30 pm departure.
“One crew member on each vessel,” SSA communications director Sean Driscoll told The Times. Driscoll would not disclose what category of crew member was absent.
Meanwhile, there was also a short delay for the 2:30 pm departure from Woods Hole, due to a U.S. Coast Guard drill.
