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  • The ferry's at the bank at Panuco, and once you're across, the rebels aren't so thick on the north shore.

    WHOSE BUSINESS IS TO LIVE 2010

  • Inside the busy Hoboken Terminal—where PATH trains, buses, NJ Transit and light rail stops are located—the restored facility is connected to the ferry's historic waiting room.

    Grand Entry for Ferry Riders Heather Haddon 2011

  • We really enjoyed the art gallery in the ferry's kitchen.

    Grif Peterson: The Mongol Rally: Entering Turkmenistan for Dummies Grif Peterson 2011

  • The Australian maritime agency initially detected the ferry's distress beacon and alerted the PNG Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, which is in charge of the rescue effort.

    Ferry sinks off Papua New Guinea with 350 on board 2012

  • Mr. Dolan, who owns an upstate butterfly farm and says he specializes in "selling albatrosses" Zambonis, potato chip machinery, signed on as the ferry's broker a year ago, but this was his first time aboard the boat.

    Big Dreams For Ferry, Interrupted Anne Kadet 2011

  • There were two of them on duty in the ferry's heyday before the first world war, says Kevin, who used the ferry himself to get to work as a factory driver before a couple of industrial accidents led to his unusual change of career.

    Britain's Best Views: the Mersey ferry, Liverpool 2011

  • The delight is in the fact that from the ferry's top deck one is able, each morning, to see the Statue of Liberty, that great green statue.

    The Wall Street Journal Editorial Page: Sept. 12, 2001 2011

  • The ferry's throttle failed to engage as it prepared to dock, she said, meaning the crew was unable to use the engines to apply reverse thrust and slow down.

    Staten Island Ferry Crashes Into Dock 2010

  • James DeSimone, the ferry's chief operating officer, said it was unlikely that the mechanical failure had anything to do with damage suffered by the vessel in the 2003 accident and that it had passed all the required inspections so that it could be placed back in service.

    Staten Island Ferry Crashes Into Dock 2010

  • All 17 of the ferry's crew members were tested for drugs and alcohol.

    No Trouble Signs Before Boat Crash 2010

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