Condor Ferries services from Guernsey and Jersey to St Malo are set to operate as scheduled this summer after strikes in France were suspended. The announcement has been made after confirmation from the Fédération Nationale des Ports et Docks in France that a series of walkouts has been suspended until 26 September. The strikes, which […]
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Strikes halt trains and ferries in Greece one year after rail disaster
Widespread strikes in Greece have halted trains and ferries in protests timed to coincide with the first anniversary of a deadly rail crash. Greece’s worst rail disaster killed 57 people when a passenger train slammed into an oncoming cargo train in the north. The tragedy shocked the country, with many of the victims being university […]
B.C.’s infamous fast ferries are on Facebook Marketplace, and if they aren’t bought they’ll be destroyed
They might be the most infamous ships in the history of British Columbia: three B.C. Ferries that were hundreds of millions of dollars over budget, couldn’t run as fast or efficiently as promised, and were partly responsible for sinking the NDP government of the 1990s. And now, they’re back. On Facebook Marketplace. “We’re seeing if […]