Tag: Ferry

03 OCT

Ferry stranded in Baltic Sea reaches Lithuanian port

A passenger ferry that got stranded in the Baltic Sea off the coast of the Russian city of Kaliningrad has reached the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda, local media report. The Regina Seaways ferry with 298 passengers and 37 crew members on board was sailing from Germany’s Kiel to Klaipeda on Tuesday when a “technical failure” […]

03 SEP

Greece holidays: Thousands of tourists stranded on Greek islands due to ferry strike

Greek islands such as Mykonos, Santorini and Crete will be affected by the strike, destinations popular with British tourists. Crew union PNO confirmed ferries would not leave the port until 6am on Wednesday, according to Associated Press. The protest could be extended if an agreement is not made over pay increases of five per cent […]

26 JAN

A Tech Startup Will Ferry Your Kids to School in a Land Rover School Bus

– The suburbs west of Boston are united on several fronts, among them expensive homes on idyllic back roads and an insatiable quest to vote anyone with the name Kennedy into office. The people here also drive their children to school in high-end cars, and this is where a Boston startup called Sheprd sees opportunity. […]

13 MAY

New York City’s new ferry is a stylish, ineffective way to relieve crowded subways

Henry Grabar/Slate To understand the appeal of New York City’s Rockaway Ferry, try getting to its landing, which floats behind a giant water-treatment plant on a desolate stretch of Beach Channel Drive in the Rockaways, Queens’ beach-fronted peninsula of bungalows and housing projects. Riding an outbound subway train toward the beach on Monday morning, I […]

22 MAR

South Korea has begun raising the Sewol ferry that sunk nearly 3 years ago

Donggeochado (South Korea) (AFP) – Salvage operators began raising South Korea’s sunken Sewol ferry Wednesday, officials said, nearly three years after the disaster killed more than 300 people and dealt a crippling blow to now-ousted president Park Geun-Hye. Emotional parents of victims — the vast majority of the dead in the country’s worst-ever maritime tragedy […]