[2][3] In 1994 all of TNT's maritime assets were acquired by Holyman of Australia and the ferry service name was changed to Express Navigation.

They vessels all 141 foot long, owned by Seastreak; each has a capacity of 505 passengers and travels at a top speed of 38 knots (44 mph).

[6] The Ocean State is a 65-foot vessel owned by New England Fast Ferry; it has a capacity of 149 passengers and can travel up to 29 knots (33 mph).

[13][14] The Courageous was delivered in December 2021[15] but initially remained out of service due to decreased ridership following the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

The Millennium is the tenth and newest member of the Seastreak ferry fleet, built in 1998, It began its Seastreek service on July 31, 2023.

The company has long offered "special event cruises" such as sightseeing excursions, sunset cruises, trips to Broadway matinees, college football games at West Point, the Macy's Fourth of July fireworks, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and to see the fall foliage in the Hudson Valley.

On July 17, 2009, Seastreak began providing weekend service from Highlands, NJ and New York City to Martha's Vineyard.

[24] Originally intended as a stopgap alternative transportation measure only for the months until subway service was restored at the end of May in 2013, the ferry service proved to be popular with locals, and the city's contract with Seastreak was initially extended until July 2013[25] and then was subsequently extended again, first till mid-October 2013 and then until January 2014.

[26] Community organizations, activists and elected officials in Rockaway and Brooklyn campaigned for a permanent extension of the subsidized service.

[27] Though full service on the Montague Street Tunnel was restored in mid-September 2014, many commuters continued to take the ferry, despite its extra $1 cost over the subway fare.

[32] In October 2003, eight passengers were evacuated to Staten Island after a fire broke out aboard a ferry heading to the Raritan Bayshore.

[33] On January 9, 2013, at around 8:45 a.m., MV Seastreak Wall Street, arriving at Pier 11 from Atlantic Highlands, rammed into the mooring as it was docking, leaving a visible gash in the ferry stretching several feet above the water line.

The president of the ferry company, James R. Barker, told NBC News that morning that there were 300 aboard and that many of those injured were thrown from their seats.

A ferry is also seen moving down the East River in the final shot of the 2002 film Gangs of New York, in which the Brooklyn Bridge and the World Trade Center can be seen.