Sentence examples similar to control ferry from inspiring English sources

Then he indicated an empty space where a yali had been destroyed by an out-of-control ferry.

P&O, the biggest Dover-Calais operator, and the UK competition authorities repeatedly objected to Eurotunnel controlling a ferry company.

Finland has already imposed controls on ferries from Germany.

The upcoming European Ship Simulator, for example, places you at the controls of ferries, tugs and fishing boats, as well as vast, ponderous ocean-going behemoths.

He tried to transfer control of the ferry to the starboard wing, Mr. Sumwalt said — standard practice for docking.

Richard J. Smith, to lose control of the ferry as it cruised at almost full speed into the concrete pier, tearing a huge gash in its starboard side.

Captain Gansas, in a brief statement to police, said he had tried to pull Captain Smith from the helm and take control before the ferry crashed.

The Porsche and Piech families (descendants of Ferdinand Porsche and his son Ferry) control the company.

The assistant captain, Richard J. Smith, has told the authorities he lost consciousness at the controls of the ferry.

Two witnesses -- one who was inside the pilothouse -- said that Captain Smith was upright at the controls of the ferry just over a minute before the crash.

It is hard to imagine anything in nature more capricious or beyond human control, yet Sherpas ferrying supplies to the upper slopes must pass through this labyrinth up to 30 times during the climbing season.