{"id":335373,"date":"2026-07-10T05:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T05:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/335373\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T05:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T05:41:10","slug":"tampa-bay-ferry-st-pete-approves-downtown-temporary-dock-location-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/335373\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Ferry: St. Pete approves downtown temporary dock location"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brief<\/p>\n

The St. Pete City Council approved a temporary dock along Bayshore Boulevard for the Tampa Bay Ferry on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority expanded its fleet to two vessels to double year-round service seven days a week.<\/p>\n

Hubbard’s Marina will operate the vessels with plans to begin sailing to the Tampa Convention Center this fall.<\/p>\n

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The St. Pete<\/a> City Council cleared the way Thursday for a temporary Tampa Bay Ferry dock along Bayshore Boulevard near the Vinoy to restore a previous downtown transit location. Mobro Marine, Inc. will complete the infrastructure work by the end of September.<\/p>\n

St. Pete boat expansion<\/p>\n

What we know<\/p>\n

The temporary dock will cost about $324,200 under a three-year contract with renewal options, according to city records. The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority purchased two vessels using a $4.8 million federal grant to double service year-round.<\/p>\n

RELATED: New boats, local operator secured for year-round Tampa Bay Ferry<\/a><\/p>\n

The Bay Breeze holds up to 250 passengers, while the Clipper holds 149 passengers. Hubbard’s Marina will operate the ferry under a five-year agreement, charging around $10 per ticket.<\/p>\n

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Ships are heading to a Fort Lauderdale shipyard for refurbishing before launching between downtown and the Tampa Convention Center. Leaders expect the boats to begin sailing in October or November.<\/p>\n

Local leader feedback<\/p>\n

What they’re saying<\/p>\n

PSTA Board Chair Deborah Figgs-Sanders said the implementation will serve both entertainment and other transit uses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The consideration for the Bayboro, the North Yacht Basin, that was one of the things that we really, really, really wanted to make sure that we had as a part of this type of implementation of this type of service,” she said.<\/p>\n

The Source<\/p>\n

The information in this story was gathered from the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority, which provided fleet details, as well as the St. Pete City Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief The St. Pete City Council approved a temporary dock along Bayshore Boulevard for the Tampa Bay…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[13683,138140,138139,12327,202,204,203,199,201,200,1526,40926],"class_list":["post-335373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-bayshore-boulevard","tag-double-service","tag-hubbard39s-marina","tag-pinellas-suncoast-transit-authority","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-tampa-bay","tag-tampa-convention-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}