News on Passenger Ferries

SWEDEN FERRIES STUCK

2010-03-05T03:46:11Z

Damage is seen to the Amorella ferry, a passenger ferry with 753 passengers and 190 crew members, as it returns to port in Stockholm, Friday March 5, 2010, after colliding with another ferry whilst stuck in the ice in the Baltic Sea. Sweden's sea rescue service said four passenger ferries with more than 1,000 people on board were trapped in the ice. (A...

50 ships, thousands of people, stuck in Baltic Sea ice

2010-03-04T18:15:32Z

<div><p>Around 50 ships, including large ferries carrying thousands, were stuck in the ice in the Baltic Sea, with many unable to move until Friday, Swedish maritime authorities said.</p><p>Several vessels, including at least one passenger ferry carrying more than 1,000 people, had collided with each other as they drifted amid huge blocks of moving ice.</p><p>But the Viking Line ferry company insisted "there ...

Philippines Ship Sink

2009-12-26T20:45:23Z

Philippine National Red Cross Chairman and Senator Richard Gordon, right, consoles Eris Musni, a survivor of the latest sea tragedy, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009 at the port in Batangas City, south of Manila, Philippines. A passenger ferry sank off the coast of Batangas and 63 passengers were res...

High-speed ferry ends service from Maine to Canada

2010-02-23T14:00:29Z

<div id="subtitle">End of subsidies puts an end to high-speed ferry service from Maine to Canada</div><div><p>A high-speed ferry that has run between Maine and Nova Scotia for more than a decade is discontinuing service because the operation is no longer financially viable.</p><p&am...

Sunken ferry survivors arrive in Zamboanga City port

2009-09-06T03:30:45Z

A Filipino woman and a child who were rescued from a passenger ferry that sunk arrive at the Zamboanga City port, southern Philippines on 06 September 2009. Five people drowned and 63 were missing on 06 September when a passenger ferry, identified as the Superferry 9, with 968 people aboard sunk in the southern Philippines, rescue officials said. The vessel sank hours after it listed...

c35 June 03, 2006

2009-08-26T12:00:53Z

STRRPZ Boats leave the busy ferry terminal beneath the Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul Turkey on June 3, 2006....

The History Of The Toronto Island Ferry

2010-02-25T23:14:47Z

Just offshore from Toronto, The Toronto Island Ferry service allows visitors to access the island and island residents to access the mainland. The history of the Toronto Island Ferry is both a unique and fascinating story.<br><br>In 1833, the first ferry boat called the ?Sir John of the Peninsula,? was put into service to take people across the Toronto Bay. From 1835 to 1851, George Heathcote?s first steam ferry called ...

Scottish island's sacred Sunday under threat

2010-02-26T07:52:08Z

<div id="subtitle">Scottish island's sacred Sunday under threat as ferry arrives on Sabbath</div><div><p>An unholy row has broken out over a ferry company's decision to sail on Sunday between a remote Scottish island and the mainland.</p><p>Residents on the Isle of Lewis who keep a strict Sabbath — no television, no housework, no shopping — are angry that the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry company is to start running...

Hawaii suspending commuter ferry service on Oahu

2010-02-27T10:52:28Z

<div id="subtitle">Honolulu mayor cites low ridership, tight budget, suspends commuter ferry service on Oahu</div><div><p>Hawaii's cheapest cruise is coming to an end.</p><p>TheBoat commuter ferry service will cease operations at the end of June, Mayor Mufi Hannemann ...

Start of production of Baltic Sea pipeline pipes

2009-04-30T16:01:34Z

The first sheathed pipes for the 1,200-kilometres Baltic Sea gas pipeline are delivered to the ferry port in Sassnitz, Germany, 29 April 2009. The production of the pipe sheathing factory has started that gives the pipes more weight and stability for their location on the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Some 19,400 pipes are currently stored at the ferry port

The busy fishing and ferry port of Mallaig.

2009-04-21T12:46:50Z

The busy fishing and ferry port of Mallaig village. Invernessshire

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Ferry boat "Robert the Bruce" aground at South Queensferry

2009-04-10T16:48:51Z

Ferry boat ''Robert the Bruce'' aground at South Queensferry

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South Queensferry - New ferry boat Sir William Wallace being inspected by...

2009-04-10T16:47:22Z

South Queensferry - New ferry boat Sir William Wallace being inspected by Board of Trade

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Bonnie Prince Charlie ferry boat

2009-04-10T04:23:36Z

Bonnie Prince Charlie ferry boat

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Granton - Ferry boat to Burntisland - William Muir finishes service while...

2009-04-09T23:30:18Z

Granton - Ferry boat to Burntisland - William Muir finishes service while Thane of Fife is its successor

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Scenes of Bangkok, Thailand

2009-03-30T17:40:35Z

Mar 25, 2009 - Bangkok, Thailand - A Buddhist monk rides on a Chao Phraya River ferry boat along the Bangkok waterfront. The Chao Phraya River is a major transportation artery in Bangkok

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Superferry Saga

2009-03-23T09:47:33Z

In this June 30, 2007 file photo, the Hawaii Superferry approaches Aloha Towers in Honolulu as a surfer catches a wave at Kakaako Waterfront Park. The Hawaii Superferry now sits forlornly in Honolulu's harbor with no legal way to operate in Hawaii the way it did for nearly a year, the state is losing its first interisland car and ...

Ferry accident at Rostock harbour

2009-04-28T13:06:53Z

Employees of ferry company 'Scandlines' examine the heavily damaged bow section of 'Prins Joachim' ferry at the sea harbour in Rostock, Germany, 19 January 2009. 'Prins Joachim' crashed straight into the quay wall of Rostock harbour on Sunday, 18 January 2009, due to a temporary technical fault. None of the passengers or cars were injured or damaged, according to ferry company. Photo: Hudson River crash landing</div><div><p>The first rescuers on the scene when a crippled jetliner landed in the Hudson River were not police or the U.S. Coast Guard, but ferries that offer visitor tours and shuttle commuters between

Survivors offer praise, gratitude after NY crash

2010-03-02T20:39:56Z

<div id="subtitle">Survivors of Flight 1549 offer praise for pilot, gratitude for kindness of strangers</div><div><p>One minute they were airline passengers. Six minutes later, they were stunned survivors taking on water in the middle of the frigid Hudson River.</p><p>All 155 people aboard