NPS selects Fla. ferry service operator

National Park Services has selected Gulf Coast Maritime Services Inc. of North Carolina to operate Pensacola Bay (Fla.) Cruises. The firm will be responsible to provide at least three loops per day of passenger ferry service between downtown Pensacola, Pensacola Beach, and Fort Pickens. The selection marks the next step in the process of bringing the water-based experience to the northwest Florida area of the Gulf Islands National Seashore; and provides alternative access to Pensacola Beach from downtown. Two NPS-owned 150-passenger double-decker catamaran ferry boats will be assigned to Gulf Coast Maritime Services. (Source: Gulf Breeze News 04/05/18)