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After my opinion regarding buses and the issues with scheduling, it was interesting to note that it received an immediate same-day response from the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union. Of more interest is that Chris Furbert did not deny the ma...

Hamilton’s central bus terminal will only accept cash payments from Thursday, the Department of Public Transportation said today. A spokesman said credit and debit card payments would be unavailable because work was needed on the service windows to i...

Nordic American Tankers Ltd made a loss of $21.9 million, or 20 cents per share, in the fourth quarter. That was less than the $34.3 million loss reported by the Bermudian-based company in the preceding quarter. However, the result missed analysts ex...

The owner of an upmarket specialist gay travel firm has called on cruise lines to haul down the Bermuda flag on their ships and register their vessels elsewhere. Darren Burn, founder of UK-based LGBTQ travel firm OutOfOffice.com, said: “We had custo...

A cruise ship diverted to Bermuda yesterday to drop off a sick passenger. A Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre spokesman said the agent for Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas told them on Tuesday evening that the ship would change course for Bermu...

An attempt to set up a carpooling scheme for schoolchildren has received a good response. Janice Battersbee was inspired to look at carpooling after a string of bus cancellations caused by Bermuda’s ageing public transport fleet. Ms Battersbee said: ...

Public works permanent secretary Francis Richardson is to join the Bermuda Shipping and Maritime Authority as chief executive officer. He will assume the role on April 9. Mr Richardson is a marine engineer with 25 years of service to the Bermuda Gove...

Training bus drivers to operate the fleet’s latest addition will not cost extra money, a government representative said. A spokesman for the transport ministry said that the “same familiarisation and training as is normally undertaken when a new bus...

The island’s bus cancellations are the result of an ageing fleet rather than a standoff over schedules, Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert said yesterday. Mr Furbert was speaking after Michael Fahy, a former One Bermuda Alliance transpo...

Over a number of years, we have witnessed a massive decline in public bus services. Why is the service in such a poor state and what can be done to make things better in terms of efficiency for the riders, the drivers and the mechanics? Why are so ma...

An intriguing slice of Bermuda’s maritime history has been making waves in England by attending nautical heritage ceremonies and anniversary celebrations. British engineer Malcolm Nicholson’s recreation of the Bermuda schooner HMS Pickle, which broug...

It will take about two weeks for the island’s newest bus to hit the roads, a government spokesman has said. He added that the vehicle, which was brought in on the Oleander container ship on Tuesday, was cleared by Customs and handed over to the Depa...