Sentence examples for ferry channel from inspiring English sources

The United States Geological Survey used sand from the ferry channel to the southwest of Hatteras Island, a choice made to minimize the impact to submerged aquatic vegetation and due to the channel being filled somewhat during the hurricane.

The barge ferry, the channel.

So it was off to Dover, where I caught a late-night ferry across the channel.

With perfect timing, the ferry entered the channel that leads to Vava'u's main harbor as the sun was sinking.

It's 11 years since Folkestone waved off the last Channel ferry – and with it much of the port's passing trade – and began to morph into one of those semi-retired tumbleweed towns the English seaside specialises in.

British Syrian poet of Kurdish origin Amir Darwish first came to the United Kingdom in 2003 hanging underneath a lorry on a cross channel ferry, having fled Syria years earlier after writing a pro-Kurdish poem.

Be careful out there though, 'cos balance is everything – you're aiming for a level of intoxication somewhere between "Dutch courage" and "English Channel ferry jumper".

At its height it flew nearly 700,000 passengers each year to destinations including Paris, Ostende, Rotterdam and the Channel Islands, but competition from cross-Channel ferry services and the growth of Stansted and Luton airports saw it fall into rapid decline.

After all cross-Channel ferry services to Calais were cancelled, the ensuing chaos led to long tailbacks on both sides of the Channel on Tuesday.

Cross-channel ferry traffic with Newhaven, Eng., has decreased as a result of competition from the Channel Tunnel.

It felt like we'd just stepped off a cross-Channel ferry.