Ferries in a sentence

Cable ferries (next section) are usually pontoon ferries, but pontoon ferries on larger rivers are motorised and able to be steered independently like a boat.

Brittany Ferries has cancelled all crossings between Portsmouth and Le Havre, while Condor Ferries has also cancelled all services to the Channel Islands from both Portsmouth and Saint-Malo due to “adverse weather”.

Commuters have been told to catch buses when travelling between Manly and Circular Quay as ferries have been cancelled due to large swells, Ferries Sydney advised.

She has received a refund from Minoan Ferries, as all ferries between Greece and Italy have been cancelled.

BC Ferries’ first two hybrid electric Class ferries are on their way to British Columbia.

Mr Sclater, who started working for Sydney Ferries in 1995 before his employment was transferred to Transdev Harbour City Ferries, provided evidence of a previously unblemished record.

Despite the short crossing, the ferries are equipped with restaurants (on 3 out of 4 ferries), cafeteria, kiosks and WC toilets.

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.

Fast RoPax ferry MS Superfast XI Fast RoPax ferries are conventional ferries with a large garage intake and a relatively large passenger capacity, with conventional diesel propulsion and propellers that sail over convert.

Ferries Busan International Ferry Terminal The southern and westerns coasts of the country are dotted with small islands which are served by ferries.

In 1847 the Mormons established three ferries across the Missouri River and others established even more ferries for the spring start on the trail.

In 2008, BC Ferries launched three of the largest double-ended ferries in the world.

Inter-Island Ferries in Cape Verde Several ferries operate between the islands with much lower fares than the airlines.

Metrolink Queensland operates 21 passenger ferries on behalf of Brisbane City Council, 12 being single-hulled ferries and 9 CityCats (catamarans), along the Brisbane River from the University of Queensland through the city to Brett's Wharf.

Reaction ferries are cable ferries that use the perpendicular force of the current as a source of power.

The middle level is the path of the boatman, who ferries his passengers across the river and simultaneously, of course, ferries himself as well.

The Oman Ferries Company maintains the two diesel-powered, high-speed, car ferries – Shinas and Hormouz.

The original ferries were replaced by two new ferries built in 1871 and 1878.

Train and car ferries consume much energy for propulsion, high-speed ferries consume large amounts of energy at high speeds, and air transport is highly energy consuming.

With the advent of new, high-capacity roll-on/roll-off ferries and hovercraft that were faster and more reliable than traditional ferries, competition intensified.