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A fleet of hi-tech electric buses is expected to be up and running by next March. the transport minister said yesterday. Lawrence Scott, the Minister of Transport, said that the first of 30 buses are scheduled to arrive in January next year. He said...

New look ferry docks in Hamilton and Dockyard are on the cards. The Ministry of Public Works has submitted a request for proposal for the refurbishment for the floating docks at three locations. The RFP, published in the Official Gazette on Monday, s...

Bus services have been scaled back as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the Department of Public Transport said tonight. Ferry services will also operate under a revised schedule from next week, with some routes cancelled as a result of stricter ...

Ferry services have been scaled back as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. According to a ministry of transport spokeswoman, the Hamilton Ferry Terminal will remain closed until further notice. While the majority of ferry services are in operation...

An investigation into a ferry pilot convicted of driving a public ferry into a floating dock while impaired has been completed, the Department of Marine & Ports has revealed. A recommendation for disciplinary action against Ascot Lightbourne, 60, has...

Government will not comment on a pilot convicted of driving a public ferry into a floating dock while impaired until an investigation has been completed. A Ministry of Transport spokeswoman said inquiries surrounding Ascot Lightbourne and his pilotin...

Tougher laws to cut down on drink boating should be introduced, the head of the island’s water safety watchdog said yesterday. Michael Weeks, the chairman of the Water Safety Council and a Progressive Labour Party MP, said that regulations on the wat...

Gales with storm force gusts are expected to quickly develop this afternoon, bringing wet weather as the front passes over us, the Bermuda Weather Service said today. Winds are then expected to veer west this evening with a further, more vigorous pu...

A man who drove a public ferry into a floating dock while impaired has been suspended pending an investigation, the Ministry of Transport announced. A transport ministry spokesman confirmed that Ascot Lightbourne, 60, had been “relieved of his duties...

A senior magistrate yesterday said it was “abject madness” that he could not impose a ban on a ferry pilot who was at the helm while impaired by alcohol. Juan Wolffe said that his inability to pull the licence of Ascot Lightbourne, 60, was a “gross ...

Empty warehouses in Dockyard could become a new West End base for Marine and Ports, according to a planning document. The plans, submitted earlier this month, propose turning three unused warehouses on the eastern side of Freeport Drive into workshop...

Technology to track public transport services and the number of passengers will help deliver changes to the timetable, the transport minister said today. Lawrence Scott added that other Government plans on the horizon included greater enforcement of ...