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Comité Maritime International. London Maritime Arbitrators Association. v. t. e. A ferry is a watercraft that carries passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A small passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water taxi or water bus .
An amateur radio installation on a 28' yacht, including 100W HF transceiver with microphone, manual antenna tuner, and morse key. Maritime mobile amateur radio is an amateur radio transmission license that allows maritime operators to install and use radio while at sea.
The service takes up to 45 minutes for the 9 miles (14 km) crossing. Travel Trident operates small ferries to Herm all year round. The Alderney Ferry Service operates a small ferry between Guernsey and Alderney during summer months. Alderney Shipping operates freight routes between Poole, Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney. Railways
This is a list of crossings of the River Trent, a major river flowing through the Midlands of England. The table lists crossings that have been identified downstream from the River Sow confluence, the first major tributary on the river. Starting at Essex Bridge it includes ferries; road, rail, foot and pipe bridges found along the river to ...
Historic ferries in Oregon are water transport ferries that operated in Oregon Country, Oregon Territory, and the state of Oregon, United States.These ferries allowed people to cross bodies of water, mainly rivers such as the Willamette in the Willamette Valley, and the Columbia, in order to transport goods, move people, and further communications until permanent bridges were built to allow ...
That December, the commission issued a formal order for the railroads to construct the new union station by December 15, 1913. Total cost was estimated at $385,000 (equivalent to $8.8 million in 2023); the city would pay $15,000 (equivalent to $340,000 in 2023), with the remainder split between the railroads.
Charon's obol. Charon and Psyche (1883), a pre-Raphaelite interpretation of the myth by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope. Charon's obol is an allusive term for the coin placed in or on the mouth [1] of a dead person before burial. Greek and Latin literary sources specify the coin as an obol, and explain it as a payment or bribe for Charon, the ...
Upper Arrow Lake Ferry from Galena Bay. The Upper Arrow Lake Ferry is a ferry across Upper Arrow Lake in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. Linking Shelter Bay and Galena Bay, the ferry, part of BC Highway 23, is by road about 52 kilometres (32 mi) south of Revelstoke and 47 kilometres (29 mi) north of Nakusp .