The MBTA announced expansions to the ferry service with a giant new ferry and a new stop.

The new ferry, named the Millenium, will be the MBTA’s largest ferry, with a 400-person capacity.

Operating on the year-round Hingham route, “This big addition is going to allow us to really handle some of the larger ridership routes because we know right now, the popularity has overgrown our capacity,” MBTA General Manager Phil Eng said at last Thursday’s press conference .

The Millennium made its maiden voyage sailing from the Vineyard Sound to Long Wharf with an all-female crew, according to The Boston Globe .

The Millennium was built in 1998 and is in pristine condition. A sibling of the Aurora and Asteria ferries, MBTA crews will be familiar with its operation, and the ADA-compliant fer

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