A significant drop in Canadian bookings, however, continues to be the major factor in an overall year-to-year decline in ...

Bay Ferries had hoped to restore the service during the 2019 season but was stymied by problems with the ferry terminal in Bar Harbor.

Bay Ferries operated the CAT between Bar Harbor and Nova Scotia from 1997 to 2010, but subsequently moved the ferry's Maine berth to Portland.

The Bar Harbor Town Council rejected a proposal from Downeast Windjammer Cruise Lines owner Steve Pagels to establish a car ferry service between Bar Harbor and Nova Scotia.

Ridership on the CAT ferry service between Nova Scotia and Maine remains lower than last year. A news release from Bay ...

In June, Bar Harbor voters overwhelmingly approved a $3.5 million purchase of the ferry terminal from the state of Maine.

There has been no ferry service from Bar Harbor across the Gulf of Maine to Nova Scotia since 2009. In returning to Bar Harbor, the ferry has signed a lease with the town to use the town-owned pier.

Bay Ferries has been granted an extension until the end of the year to determine whether to pull its operation from Portland, Maine, in favour of Bar Harbor.