SeaStreak ferries back on schedule
STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS • January 18, 2008
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SeaStreak ferries are back on schedule.
Commuters faced canceled trips out of Monmouth County and Manhattan throughout the week.
The cancellations were caused when the certification expired for one of Seastreak's four boats.
The company says the boats will sail their regular schedules starting Friday afternoon.
Ealuer in the day, a Coast Guard official said the one of the boat's documentation wasn't renewed before it expired.
"The vessel's document expired and there was some confusion between the operator and the owner, the owner being a bank,'' said Jim Castillo, chief of the Coast Guard's passenger vessel branch in Staten Island. "During the regular (administrative) work we're doing, we noted the documentation expired.
"We called the operator and told them that, 'Hey the documentation has expired. You cannot use your boat until you renew the documents, re-register the boat.'‚''
SeaStreak has had to cancel at least two of its morning runs for each of the past three days. The company carries about 2,000 passengers a day from Atlantic Highlands and Highlands to Manhattan.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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