Tag: HMS Ferries

  • Water as a Highway: Back to the Future

    Water as a Highway: Back to the Future

    The following article, with permission, is reprinted from Akerman blogs by Ed Turanchick. Since publication, four local governments have approved the plan and funding for the pilot ferry project. Ferries will start taking passengers across Tampa Bay starting November 1. Florida’s economic prosperity is integrally and intimately tied to water and water resources. Nearly two-thirds […]

  • High speed ferry on the horizon

    High speed ferry on the horizon

    Last month the Hillsborough MPO endorsed a high speed passenger ferry as a priority project. If funded as part of the MPO’s 2040 Plan, the ferry could be carrying commuters between Southshore and MacDill Air Force Base within the next several years. HMS Ferries, Inc. and Akerman Senterfitt are working with the County to establish […]