Mass. ferry built to handle heavy freight, summer throngs

摘要

The Massachusetts port of Woods Hole harbors an extensive collection of watercraft, most notably fisheries and oceano-graphic research vessels and the Steamship Authority's fleet of ferries. The Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority - known simply as the Steamship Authority (SSA), formed in 1948 - is the prime transporter of people, vehicles and freight from the Cape Cod mainland out to the islands, primarily to Martha's Vineyard from Woods Hole and Nantucket from Hyannis.