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May 11th, 2020
Road Town Fast Ferry resumes cargo trips between VI & USVI

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- The [US] Virgin Islands Port Authority said Friday, May 8, 2020, it has approved a request from Road Town Fast Ferry to transport cargo from St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) to Tortola, [British] Virgin Islands. The trips started Saturday, May 9, 2020.

November 10th, 2019
Road Town Fast Ferry adds 5:30pm trip from Charlotte Amalie to RT

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Effective today November 10, 2019, and continuing until the end of the year, Road Town Fast Ferry has added a 5:30 PM boat from Charlotte Amalie in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) to Road Town, Tortola, Virgin Islands (VI), according to the USVI Ports Authority.

November 28th, 2017
Road Town Fast Ferry launches 300-seater vessel- Lady Caroline

SETTING POINT, Anegada, VI- A new ferry could not have been launched at a more appropriate time- a day before the 5th Annual Anegada Lobster Festival this weekend- as it ended up playing a huge part in getting hundreds of patrons comfortably from Tortola to Anegada and return on November 25 and 26, 2017.

April 17th, 2015
Newly introduced luggage charge on ferries to STT ‘unfair’

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A newly introduced ferry fare structure on luggage that came into effect on April 15, 2015 has been blasted by some residents who allege the charges are being imposed even when their luggage is empty.

January 7th, 2015
USVI authorities question husband of drug mule

WEST END, Tortola, VI – Last night, January 6, 2015 sometime after 9:00pm when passengers finally landed on the shores of Tortola via Road Town Fast Ferry, they were all very frustrated, tired and upset at the delay but, according to several persons who spoke with this news site, it was no fault of the ferry service but that of Customs and Immigration in the US Virgin Islands.

November 10th, 2012
Road Town Fast Ferry resumes regular service between Tortola & Charlotte Amalie

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Road Town Fast Ferry has announced the reinstatement of its regular scheduled ferry service between Road Town, Tortola and Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas.

July 12th, 2012
UPDATE – Partial sinking of Road Town Fast Ferry was due to an “error” – Management

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The partial sinking of “Makana”, one of the vessels belonging to Road Town Fast Ferry, took place while the vessel was being repaired on dry dock in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands (USVI) was due to an “error” and no one was injured.

June 27th, 2012
VINO Exclusive: Miss BVI Contestant- Ms. Latoya Donavon

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Pageantry is something this contestant has always been interested in and with added courage and confidence in her abilities to perform, she entered the Miss BVI 2012 pageant.

March 29th, 2012
Smith’s Ferry submits alternative departing schedule to Gov’t

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Smith's Ferry Service has proposed that each week the three ferry companies should alternate the times they leave Road Town ferry dock for Charlotte Amalie, USVI, with the first ferry leaving at 6:45 am.

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