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Superfast Ferries is a member of Attica Group and operates 5 car-passenger ferries, offering daily connections between Ancona and Bari in Italy, and Patras and Igoumenitsa in Greece. Together with Blue Star Ferries , ANEK Lines and Hellenic Seaways , it is a subsidiary company of Attica Group, which is listed on the Athens Stock Exchange .
The Manta5 Hydrofoiler XE-1 is a Hydrofoil E-bike, designed and built in New Zealand that has since been available commercially for pre-order since late 2017. [27] Propelled by a 400 watt motor, it can reach speeds exceeding 14 km/h with a weight of 22 kg. A single charge of the battery lasts an hour for a rider weighing 85 kg. [28]
One of Blue Star Ferries' boats took the role of Princess Myrto on the Greek TV show Θα Σε Δω Στο Πλοίο (literally translated: I'll See You on the Ferry) broadcast by Alpha TV, a Greek channel, from 2000 to 2002. The majority of the filming for this series was on the boat itself except for on-location filming of the characters on ...
Paxos (Greek: Παξός) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, lying just south of Corfu. As a group with the nearby island of Antipaxos and adjoining islets, it is also called by the plural form Paxi or Paxoi ( Greek : Παξοί , pronounced / p æ k ˈ s iː / in English and [paˈksi] in Greek).
Nobody was injured. The service continued to travel to Belfast and later services followed as normal after the vessel was checked by authorities. [20] On 28 January 2009, a lorry (carrying ferrous sulphate powder) managed to burst through Voyager's doors shortly after departure. Because of this, the ferry had to return to Stranraer.
1 September 1937 124.86 mph (200.94 km/h) Miss America X: Gar Wood: St. Clair River: 20 September 1932 119.81 mph (192.82 km/h) Miss England III: Kaye Don: Loch Lomond: 18 July 1932 117 mph (188 km/h) Miss England III: Kaye Don: Loch Lomond: 18 July 1932 111.712 mph (179.783 km/h) Miss America IX: Gar Wood: Indian Creek: 5 February 1932 110.223 ...
A request for a fourth boat under the FY 95 budget was rejected, and plans for further hydrofoils abandoned. [ 3 ] [ 8 ] The Japanese chose different armament than used in the Italian boats, with up to four Type 90 Ship-to-Ship Missiles replacing the Otomats and a non-stabilised 20 mm (0.79 in) M61 Vulcan rotary cannon replacing the larger Oto ...
Hydrofoils are the fastest water-based vehicles propelled solely by human power. They can reach speeds of up to 34 km/h (21 mph; 18 kn), [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] easily exceeding the world records set by competitive rowing which stand at about 20 km/h (12 mph; 11 kn).