The sampans were first replaced by big wooden boats, and later by diesel ferries. |
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But if you like the leisurely chug of the old ferries, they still exist, and cost half as much as their speedier cousins. |
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The southern route eventually lead to Paden, a port city that offered ferries across the cloven straight. |
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Two steel car ferries were ordered in 1889, each capable of carrying 16 freight cars on two tracks. |
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The Staten Island ferries are decreasing in ridership, although there has been heightened demand at other ferry crossings. |
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The yard is working on eight ships at the moment, five being ro-ro ferries. |
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The roll-on roll-off ferries received minor damage after crashing together in dense fog around 5pm on Friday night. |
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As we chugged across the Bosphorus we passed a school of ferries criss-crossing the straits in their livery of yellow and white. |
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Among its other businesses, the company also runs high-speed ferries to East Coast destinations such as Cape Cod. |
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The ferries can't be used on regular runs because they can't carry big RVs, buses or commercial truck traffic, said Stefanson. |
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Through the trees you may catch glimpses of billowing sails, wind surfers, cross-lakes ferries and motor boats. |
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It was a bit scary because the large ferries were steaming past us and at one point we were even dive-bombed by seagulls. |
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The FBI was this weekend studying passenger manifests from two ferries operating between Falmouth, Nova Scotia, and Maine. |
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A wooden pont on empty oil drums has been constructed alongside the boathouse and ferries workmen across to the central fountain. |
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Lidia Verrecchia banters amiably as she ferries cappuccinos to her customers, who sit at Formica tables backed by art deco wood panels. |
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Transport now includes harbour ferries, and ferries or barges on rivers or lakes. |
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The ferries and superferries which sail to and from the ports have been particular targets for people dealing in human traffic. |
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The ferries that used to shuttle area residents along the river stopped in the 1950s when a highway cut the neighborhood off from the waterfront. |
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The Port Authority said it had to choose between berthing its own ferries and the cruise ship. |
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The site also discusses the traghetti or gondola ferries across the Grand Canal. |
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Stowed away aboard trawlers and ferries, animal travellers have descended upon the islands for many years. |
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The double-ended ferries could carry 2 lorries and 4 tricars, and plied between Wakato and Wakamatsu of northern Kyushu. |
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Smokers crossing the Irish Sea could find themselves banished to the open decks of all ferries to and from the Republic. |
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Nevertheless, it explains the huge number of ferries and hydrofoils that regularly ply the waters. |
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They've stood in long lines to get on commuter trains, they have crowded on to ferries, they've carpooled with strangers. |
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It has information on flights, ferries, local tourist offices and travelling in France. |
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The on-board compressor then pumps the final pressures as a small inflatable ferries the divers back and forth. |
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Germany has 30 shipyards still in operation, although only about 10 of those make huge, ocean-going vessels like ro-ro ferries. |
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Fachri said it was not recommended for fishing boats, ferries or other big boats to sail in the affected areas. |
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Access to the island is by small open boats and currachs with ferries running from both Bullsmouth in Achill and from Doran's pier in Ballycroy. |
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Lorries and unaccompanied trailers were prevented from being loaded onto ferries, but passengers were allowed to board. |
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They will have to pay almost half a million pounds a year in harbour charges for docking their ferries at the new terminal at Hatston. |
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A nonstop stream of boats ferries people and goods between the two countries totally unpoliced. |
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Long gone are the days when such vehicle and passenger ferries meant basic travel. |
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We do need to ensure that the train connects to the Larkspur ferries and that enough bus and shuttle connections are included in the plan. |
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He watched departures from harbours, joined drovers crossing fords and muleteers breasting hills, embarked on ferries for no purpose. |
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The legislation will apply to all vessels including ferries, cargo ships and small boats at local and international level. |
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From luxury yachts to tug boats, fishing vessels to ferries and cruise ships, Asenav competes on a global level. |
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Two ferries offer a great break from driving along with a breath of fresh air and a coffee for the driver. |
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It also includes information about ferries, simple machines, whales, and computers among other scientific ideas. |
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Next to it is a timber building overhanging the lake, a fish restaurant and a jetty for fishing and boarding ferries. |
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This sailing yacht ferries divers, snorkellers and day-trippers to the Coral Island, 10 miles south of Eilat, in Egyptian waters. |
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Free ferries shuttle pedestrians across the channel when the bridge is open. |
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They prolong the effect of a neurotransmitter by blocking its reuptake after it ferries a signal across the gap from one nerve cell to the next. |
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We rode buses, trolley cars, trains, trams, ferries and took a cab to make our way there and back. |
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Come on, there used to be ticket takers at the ferries, actual bank tellers for withdrawing money and a switchboard operator to assist you with making telephone calls. |
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The ferries, warships, water taxis, huge container vessels, yachts and fishing tinnies ply with impunity one of the greatest anchorages and working harbours in the world. |
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The DNA is transcribed into an intermediary called RNA, which ferries the genetic message out to the ribosomes, where it is translated into a protein chain. |
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I imagined buses crashing, ferries sinking, autobahn pile-ups, the start of round three of hostilities with Germany, trapping her in that country until she was an old woman. |
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Nevertheless, it explains the huge number of ferries and hydrofoils that regularly ply the waters between Helsinki and Tallinn full to the gunwales with thirsty Finns. |
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An aggressive campaign to boost security on Washington state ferries will allow State Patrol troopers to conduct random searches of vehicles as motorists wait to board. |
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We provide cost-effective GSM deployment over satellite links to offshore stationary mobile platforms or seagoing vessels such as oil rigs, cruise ships and ferries. |
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Many of the Northwest Islands are joined together by tunnels carved through the solid rock of the seabed, the still unconnected islands are accessed by car ferries. |
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In Oban's featureless tea rooms, elderly coach-trippers write cheerful messages on damp postcards or stare vacantly at cars disembarking from the ferries. |
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The state of Ohio has the right to establish ferries on the Ohio side of the Ohio river and to fix their charges for ferriage over the river from Ohio to West Virginia. |
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Twenty ferries are slowly being replaced by bridges to connect orderly rural villages where man and buffalo still struggle to plow tiny paddy fields. |
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The ferries run every half-hour to the Russian mainland, but they take only a few dozen cars on each trip. |
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Some board sleek white yachts and luxury cruisers, while others crowd onto lumbering, hooting ferries or the faster yellow and blue hydrofoils called Flying Dolphins. |
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He doubts many more B.C. ferries will be built in B.C. shipyards. |
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One evening, 29-year-old Mahmoud explained to me that he ferries money, not guns, to the Syrian people. |
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The ferries plying in these rivers provide cheap transportation to many villagers and poor people who live in remote areas, not accessible by road. |
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The vanguard is there already in the monolithic casino that dominates the harbour area, where the ferries from Hong Kong disgorge their passengers. |
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He said at any given time there were up to 2,000 people on ferries, pleasure boats, trawlers and cargo ships off the South East coast and the helicopter service was vital. |
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Of the remaining two ferries, St Catherine has been sold and St Helen was used mainly for freight until she too was sold. |
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The following ferries have operated historically on routes run by Wightlink or previous companies that have been absorbed by Wightlink. |
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International maritime travel is mainly provided through the Port of Odessa, from where ferries sail regularly to Istanbul, Varna and Haifa. |
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The city receives high numbers of ferries each day from Algeciras in Andalusia in the south of Spain, along with Melilla and the Canary Islands. |
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The harbor is still serviced by several cruise lines, commuter ferries, and tourist excursion boats. |
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Waterhead Pier, about one mile south of Ambleside centre, is the departure point for ferries on Windermere. |
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Early cable ferries often used either rope or steel chains, with the latter resulting in the alternate name of chain ferry. |
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Powered cable ferries use powered cogs or drums on board the vessel to pull itself along by the cables. |
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Cable ferries have probably been used to cross rivers and similar bodies of water since before recorded history. |
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There are now eight cable ferries along the Saint John River system in southern New Brunswick. |
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Cable ferries were particularly prominent in early transportation in the Sacramento Delta of California. |
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Dozens of cable ferries operated on the Columbia River in the US northwest, and most have been rendered obsolete by bridges. |
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Most of the road crossings of the Murray River in South Australia are cable ferries operated by the state government using diesel engines. |
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At one time, cable ferries were a primary means of automobile transportation in New South Wales in Australia. |
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There are more than 100 cable ferries in the Netherlands, 11 of which use a floating cable with a single anchorage. |
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Most of the larger cable ferries angle themselves in the stream to gain part of their propulsion from the current, as a reaction ferry. |
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The earliest craft were rowed across the lake, whilst later ferries were steam powered and, more recently, diesel powered. |
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The Lower and Higher ferries both carry vehicles, the Higher one linking the A379 road. |
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Dartmouth is linked to Kingswear, on the other side of the River Dart, by three ferries. |
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Daily ferries run from Malacca to the Indonesian cities of Bengkalis, Dumai and Pekanbaru departing from Harbour Master's Jetty. |
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Steamers, ferries, and tugboats pulling strings of barges behind them created rush-hour traffic on a laneless thoroughfare. |
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A significant number of ferries were provided specifically for navigation purposes. |
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A number of ferries were also operated on the tidal river, for example at New Passage, Purton and Arlingham. |
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One of the Aust ferries, Severn Princess, is still in Chepstow although largely derelict. |
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The pier was originally used as a terminal for ferries travelling to the Isle of Wight, but it was soon redeveloped as a centre of entertainment. |
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Sea passenger and freight transport is served by the coastal ferries operated by Arctic Umiaq Line. |
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There are also ferries that operate within the British Virgin Islands and to the neighbouring United States Virgin Islands. |
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Steam ferries started in 1841, and in 1848 were purchased by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. |
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Vehicle ferries operate between Stranraer and Cairnryan in Scotland and Belfast and Larne in Northern Ireland respectively. |
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Argentine naval officers also inspected the British casualty ferries in the estuary of the River Plate. |
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Border crossings take place by roads, pedestrian walkways, railroads and ferries. |
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Boats in common use include large container ships, a variety of ferries, passenger ships, sailing ships, and smaller motorised vessels. |
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On the busy crossings between Sumatra, Java, and Bali, car ferries run frequently 24 hours per day. |
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Across the Pentland Firth ferries link Caithness with Orkney, and Caithness also has an airport at Wick. |
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Nairn and two more modern ferries equipped with Voith Schneider Propellers, MVs Abercraig and Scotscraig. |
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Uig, the port for ferries to the Outer Hebrides, is on the west of the Trotternish peninsula and Edinbane is between Dunvegan and Portree. |
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Skye is linked to the mainland by the Skye Bridge, while ferries sail from Armadale on the island to Mallaig, and from Kylerhea to Glenelg. |
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It is also the mainline station for services to and through Birmingham New Street, and to Holyhead for connecting ferries to Dublin. |
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It also operates one of the oldest ferries in the region, the MV Liemba which was built in 1913 during the German colonial rule. |
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Some ferries carry mainly tourist traffic, but most also carry freight, and some are exclusively for the use of freight lorries. |
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Today, all ferries on this route are constructed so that they do not need to turn around in the harbors. |
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In many ways, these ferries are like cruise ships, but they can also carry hundreds of cars on car decks. |
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Also many smaller ferries operate on domestic routes in Finland, Sweden and Estonia. |
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In Istanbul, ferries connect the European and Asian shores of Bosphorus, as well as Princes Islands and nearby coastal towns. |
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The New Orleans area also has many ferries in operation that carry both vehicles and pedestrians. |
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This service has been in continuous operation since 1827 and is one of the oldest operating ferries in North America. |
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There are also passenger ferries that run from Playa del Carmen to the island of Cozumel. |
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Both ferries are based in the northern Tasmanian port city of Devonport and sail to Melbourne. |
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In New Zealand, ferries connect Wellington in the North Island with Picton in the South Island, linking New Zealand's two main islands. |
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Water transport in Mumbai consists of ferries, hovercrafts, and catamarans, operated by various government agencies as well as private entities. |
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Since 1990 high speed Catamarans have revolutionised ferry services, replacing hovercraft, hydrofoils and conventional monohull ferries. |
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Foot ferries are small craft used to ferry foot passengers, and often also cyclists, over rivers. |
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Such ferries are for example to be found on the lower River Scheldt in Belgium and in particular the Netherlands. |
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Reaction ferries are cable ferries that use the perpendicular force of the current as a source of power. |
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Examples of a current propelled ferry are the four Rhine ferries in Basel, Switzerland. |
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Modernisation of facilities has continued to encourage the increase in cars carried on the ferries despite a drop in foot passengers. |
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In addition to the ferries and the railway, the Queensway road tunnel opened in 1934 and gave rapid access to Liverpool. |
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Daily Belfast services are run by Stena Line, using their RoPax ferries MS Stena Lagan and MS Stena Mersey. |
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After the signing of the Armistice on 11 November 1918, train ferries were used extensively for the return of material from the Front. |
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Types of RORO vessels include ferries, cruiseferries, cargo ships, barges, and RoRo service for air deliveries. |
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The new ferries will be amongst the largest in the world, to be operated on Stena's North Sea route from Hoek van Holland to Harwich. |
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Loch Ryan Port is now served by 2 Superfast Conventional ferries replacing the HSS Fastcraft and old tonnage Stena Caledonia and Stena Navigator. |
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There are large ferry boats that link islands as well as fast ferries linking most of the islands. |
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Transport between the two main islands is by plane, or ferries from the Porto Santo Line, the latter also carrying vehicles. |
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The island is well served by ferries, mostly from Athens, by ferry companies such as Minoan Lines and ANEK Lines. |
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Many of these ferries are traditional reaction ferries, a type of cable ferry that uses the current flow of the river to provide propulsion. |
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All ferries are run by the Canal Authority and their use is free of charge. |
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The Merchant Navy supplied passenger ferries, hospital ships, and other vessels. |
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They included speedboats, Thames vessels, car ferries, pleasure craft, and many other types of small craft. |
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The canal links the city to the sea to permit cargo ships and ferries to dock in the port of Caen. |
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Trolleybuses, trams, ferries and hydrofoil services have operated in the past. |
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Even longer routes from Cherbourg, Normandy and Brittany generate business, boosted by ferries from Ireland where alcohol duties are even higher. |
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There are ferries that operate between Spain and Morocco across the strait, as well as between Spain and Ceuta and Gibraltar to Tangier. |
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Meanwhile, problems with the ferries from the mainland threaten the start of the islands' crucial holiday season. |
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As well as the chain ferry, the River Medina has several small ferries which cater mainly for sailors. |
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It is one of a few remaining chain ferries not replaced by a physical bridge. |
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In its heyday, the pier received passenger ferries from Portsmouth and other south coast towns. |
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Ownership of the ferries eventually passed from the British Railways Board to Sealink UK Limited. |
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In the early nineteenth century, ferries ran to the island from Lymington and Portsmouth. |
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Later, steam ferries operated a circular route around Lymington, Yarmouth, Cowes, Ryde and Portsmouth. |
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In October 2006 Wightlink announced its intention to build two new ferries for the Yarmouth to Lymington route. |
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Wightlink proposed interim arrangements enabling them restricted use of the new ferries until the trials can be completed in full. |
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Ten thousand others crowded Dili dock today, waiting for ferries out of the city. |
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Among the ferries cancelled were routes from Plymouth and Portsmouth in Britain to Roscoff, Caen, Cherbourg and Saint-Malo in France and to Bilbao in Spain. |
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Not only does dust absorb starlight, reradiating it as heat, it ferries such elements as iron, carbon, and silicon into the solar system, Brownlee notes. |
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The Higher Ferry and the Lower Ferry are both vehicular ferries. |
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The village of Kingswear and town of Dartmouth are on the east and west sides of the estuary, and are linked by two vehicle ferries and a passenger ferry. |
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Twin ferries allow one to operate while the other is being maintained. |
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The only gondole still in common use by Venetians are the traghetti, foot passenger ferries crossing the Grand Canal at certain points without bridges. |
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Liverpool has an extensive local public transport network, which is managed by the Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive, and includes buses, trains and ferries. |
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Favourable economic conditions throughout Australia, cheaper air fares, and two new Spirit of Tasmania ferries have all contributed to what is now a booming tourism industry. |
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He added, It will be used by passenger ferries, speed boats, private boats, motor yachts and hydrofoils each targeting different groups of tourists. |
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As many as six large passenger ferries had been stuck in the ice on Thursday, Johny Lindvall of the Swedish Maritime Administration's ice breaker unit said. |
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The Hudson is crossed at numerous points by bridges, tunnels, and ferries. |
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There are several cargo and passenger ferries that operate on the Baltic Sea, such as Scandlines, Silja Line, Polferries, the Viking Line, Tallink, and Superfast Ferries. |
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Several smaller ferries connect numerous other coastal towns and offshore island communities around the island of Newfoundland and up the Labrador coast as far north as Nain. |
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Trains connect with passenger ferries to Portsmouth Harbour at Ryde Pier Head, and these ferries in turn connect with the rest of the National Rail network. |
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Between 1840 and the 1960s, Red Funnel line and its predecessors operated 40 different classic passenger ferries, many of these being paddle steamers. |
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Throughout the day, ferries packed with excited people from distant atolls arrived in the Tuvalu capital Funafuti, much of which had been freshly painted for the royal visit. |
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Two of the older ferries were to be stretched in length by 12 metres, with upper car decks similar to St Clare's being added, replacing movable mezzanine decks. |
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In November 2005 the main shipping channels into the harbour and the Port of Poole were dredged to accommodate modern ferries at all states of the tide. |
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Calais is a major port for ferries between France and England, and since 1994, the Channel Tunnel has linked nearby Coquelles to Folkestone by rail. |
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The Elbe is crossed by many ferries, both passenger and car carrying. |
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Fast ferries are made of aluminium and powered by modern and efficient diesel engines, while conventional ferries have a steel hull and are powered by heavy oil. |
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Often specialist groups take the ferries to hear more information. |
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The commercial expansion of Liverpool, and the increase in stage coach traffic from Chester, also spurred the growth of ferries across the River Mersey. |
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The town of Stranraer is the largest settlement on its shores, with ferries to and from Northern Ireland operating from Cairnryan further north on the loch. |
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From the 19th century the town was the principal passenger port for ferries between Ireland and Britain, with a frequent service to Holyhead in Anglesey, Wales. |
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According to the company Solar Sailor, hybrid marine power and solar wing technology are suitable for use with ferries, private yachts and even tankers. |
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Pioneering this class of ferries was Attica Group, when it introduced Superfast I between Greece and Italy in 1995 through its subsidiary company Superfast Ferries. |
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In the 1990s there were a variety of builders, but the industry has consolidated to two builders of large vehicular ferries between 60 and 120 metres. |
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There are also several commuter passenger ferry services operated in major cities, such as Metro Transit in Halifax, Toronto Island ferries in Toronto and SeaBus in Vancouver. |
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These services are frequent and usually operated by fast ferries. |
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Car ferries pass the Gulf of Tadjoura from Djibouti City to Tadjoura. |
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The northern group of islands is the most extensive and consists of a large number of moderately sized islands, linked to the Mainland by ferries and by air services. |
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All ferries are operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. |
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The Isle of Sark Shipping Company operates small ferries to Sark. |
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There are also two summer only passenger ferries that cross the lake. |
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In the early 19th century steam operated ferries were introduced. |
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After Gort's announcement pleasure craft, yachts, trawlers, tugs, fishing boats, motor boats, barges, lifeboats, draggers, river ferries and even cockleboats all set sail. |
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