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We are on the right (East) side of the World Trade Center Pier as you face the harbor. Check fares, departure and arrival times for both Fast Ferry and Traditional Ferry services. Bay Line's steamer CAPE COD conducted service from Boston to Provincetown between 1902 and 1911.
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Boston Harbor's largest cruise ship with room for groups of 100 to 1100 passengers. Further underscoring our commitment to this historic ferry route, Bay State launches the even faster/stronger/better PROVINCETOWN IV in July 2013. With the most sophisticated engines and ride control available, the PIV is the greenest ferry on Massachusetts Bay, and among the most comfortable. A photo from 1980, the first year we operated the MV PROVINCETOWN II between Boston and Ptown. MacMillan Pier still had the fish processing structures at the end and the Wydah Museum was still a coffee shop and bait shop.
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In Truth, Provincetown is a place where you can easily enjoy a vacation without a car, so the Boston to Provincetown ferry really is something you should consider. Our Ticket Office is located in the Chamber of Commerce office on the west side of Lopes Square, just across the parking lot from MacMillan Pier and Fishermen’s Wharf. Our entertainment cruises are limited to Adults 21 or more years of age. All entertainment cruises begin and end at our Boston Docks. Our ferry PROVINCETOWN carried its share of Rayon shirts into Ptown in the 70s as well...
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The Silver Line departures are less than every five minutes to the World Trade Center stop, the location of our dock. The trip from South Station to World Trade Center takes only four minutes. Our ships depart from the EAST side of the World Trade Center (the right side of the World Trade Center as you face the harbor). Bay State Cruise's third ferry dedicated to Provincetown, was the very first fast ferry to ply the route. We ran only two trips per day back then and the price was $75 round trip. Despite a gallon of diesel only costing $.80 per gallon back then, we lost our shirts in these early years of fast ferry transport.
The DOROTHY BRADFORD was operated by the Cape Cod Steamship Company from 1911 to 1937. After Bay State Cruises, the Cape Cod SSCo was the longest operating steamship company between Boston and Provincetown. This picture, and the one immediately following, are fascinating for how they show the dramatic change in fashion that took place in the 26 years separating the photos. This, the first image, taken in 1911, shows ladies with hats, parasols, and long dresses. By the time the following photograph was taken, in 1937, women are wearing sleeveless dresses, men are in shirt sleeves, completely gone are the parasols and half the group is without hats. The Bay State Cruise Company's Boston Provincetown ferry service leaves from Long Wharf in Boston, just a short walk from Faneuil Hall and the Silver Line, and takes you to MacMillan Wharf in Provincetown.
By 1937, the date of this photo, above, women are wearing sleeveless dresses, men are in shirt sleeves, completely gone are the parasols and half the group is without hats. A Bay State Cruise Company Tenpass lets you pay for reservations ahead of time at a significant discount. Martin said her kids are with their grandfather right now, who is caring for them while also trying to support his wife. She doesn’t blame the cruise line for dropping the family off together in Mexico, but does blame the government for making it unnecessarily difficult for them to get back home. Now, Martin said their grandmother is in a medically-induced coma and her kids, ages 6 and 8, are stuck in Mexico with no way to get back home.
Apart from the dramatic differences in fashion, this photo depicts a nearly identical scene as the ones from earlier in this album, from the 1920s and 30s. In all of the 180 years of there being a ferry running between Boston and Provincetown, NO steamship company, before us, has been fortunate enough to have provided service longer than 26 years. Economic twists and turns and over-competition made service between Boston and Provincetown a revolving door of steamship operators since 1842.
Directions to Boston Terminal, 200 SEAPORT BLVD
This will take you through a new tunnel to the South Boston waterfront, where we are located. Once you are at the corner of Seaport Blvd, you will be looking at the West side of the World Trade Center. Our ships are tied up to the EAST side of that same building (the right side of the World Trade Center as you face the harbor). Driving from the North – Take I-93 (central artery) South to exit 16B, the Purchase Street and South Station exit. At the top of the ramp, just outside of the tunnel exit, take a left onto Seaport Blvd. Our dock, World Trade Center, is .6 miles down the road on the left.
The Provincetown Business Guild is working directly with Bay State Cruise Lines & Boston Harbor City Cruises to make discount tickets available for Pride and other events throughout the month of June in Provincetown. The Silver Line stop is less than 100 yards from our pier. To get to us from the station, please take the New Congress Street street-level exit. Proceed to the crosswalk to the right of the station’s exit doors. Take a left across the crosswalk, one short block to our pier at the World Trade Center (the Seaport Hotel blocks one’s view of our vessels, just across the street from the Silver Line Station).
(WPRI) — Sarah Martin was prepared to make French toast for her two children Tuesday morning while hearing about the cruise they went on with their grandparents. They do offer a nice narrated tour of historic Plymouth Harbor as the trip gets under way, though. The Fast Ferry Salacia is one of the largest and fastest catamarans in the country, and can carry up to 600 passengers, but no cars (though you can take a bike aboard for an additional $6 each way).
Directions to our Boston and Ptown Ferry locations and the easiest ways to get around. Bay State Cruise Company has served the route the longest of all the Companies that have served Provincetown since the 1800s.
The Provincetown III is the second Provincetown Fast Ferry that we've operated to Ptown. In 2004, the PROVINCETOWN III took over from the PROVINCETOWN EXPRESS. Of all the Provincetown Ferry Companies that have served Provincetown since the 1800s, Bay State Cruise Company has served the route the longest. We are proud of this commitment and dedication to the Provincetown community.
This photo shows the "Boston Boat" (as the ferry has long been named by Provincetowners) landing at Railroad Wharf. Later reconstructed and renamed MacMIllan Pier, the Boston Boats have been landing at nearly the identical location for 170 years. In 1883, the first vessel built specifically for the Boston-Provincetown route was introduced. The LONGFELLOW, pictured here in 1890, operated until 1902. In the background is Provincetown and two of the hundreds of fishing schooners that called on Provincetown regularly during its heyday as a fishing port. The obvious drawback to all of these services is their inability to transport cars.
If you're staying in Boston and checking out other attractions there in addition to your trip to P-Town, you should definitely check out a Go Boston Card. The Bay State Cruise Company is the onlt Boston to Provincetown ferry operator that participates in this program and offers free passage on their traditional ferry or an upgrade to the fast ferry. Check out our Boston travel deals page, which explains exactly how the card works and how much you might be able to save. This postcard, post marked 1952, shows the dramatic change that took place in vessel design as steamer made way for new diesel powered motor vessels.
In 1973, Bay State Cruise Company steps in to put an end to the only eight year period, in over 100, that there had been no ferry service of any kind between Boston and Provincetown. The first Bay State Cruises vessel with the name PROVINCETOWN ran from 1973 to 1980. From 1937 to roughly 1945, Bay State Steamship Company operated the SS GOVERNOR COBB between Boston and Provincetown. This is the vessel that our very own Provincetown Ticket Office Manager, Erin Thomas Lawrence, tells us that her grandmother and grandfather met and fell in love aboard.
Embassy in Mexico, which told her the only way her kids could return was either on the cruise or with emergency passports. Martin told 12 News their grandmother suffered a heart attack while on the cruise. She said the ship was supposed to return to Miami, Florida, but instead brought them to Mexico. Bay State Cruise Company is performing a site update.We will be live again shortly. However, our ticketing page is live while we update the home page, see below to purchase tickets.
