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The 33 pages that link to Ferry, each with the reason it gives.

• Public transportBroader topic: Ferries provide scheduled public transport where water separates destinations.

• Maritime transportBroader topic: Ferries provide scheduled sea and inland-water connections, often over short distances.

• Cruise shipCompared with: Ferries primarily provide point-to-point transport, whereas cruise ships make the voyage itself a leisure product.

• CausewayCompared with: A ferry crosses water by boat rather than by a fixed raised roadway.

• Øresund BridgeCompared with: Ferries were the waterborne alternative to a continuous road-and-rail crossing.

• OrkneyRelated: Ferries link Orkney’s islands and connect the archipelago with mainland Scotland.

• Water transportBroader topic: Ferries provide scheduled water links between shores and islands.

• CatamaranRelated: Fast catamaran ferries use twin hulls to carry passengers between ports.

• Passenger shipBroader topic: Ferries provide frequent, often short-distance passenger transport between shores.

• Caledonian MacBrayneNarrower topic: CalMac is one regional operator within the wider ferry transport system.

• ØresundRelated: Ferries have long provided crossings between settlements on opposite shores.

• Paddle steamerRelated: Paddle steamers operated ferry services where reliable, scheduled crossings were needed.

• Saronic GulfRelated: Ferries connect Piraeus with island ports throughout the gulf.

• Strait of MessinaRelated: Ferries provide the principal direct crossing between Sicily and mainland Italy.

• Chesapeake Bay Bridge–TunnelCompared with: Ferries preceded the bridge–tunnel as the practical way to cross this stretch of bay.

• Gulf of BothniaNarrower topic: Ferries provide scheduled links between Swedish and Finnish coastal communities.

• King Fahd CausewayCompared with: A ferry can cross the same broad maritime region without a fixed road link.

• DrawbridgeCompared with: A ferry can cross where a bridge is impractical, but does not provide a continuous roadway.

• MaduraRelated: Ferries have long linked Madura’s ports with Java.

• Merchant shipBroader topic: Ferries provide short-distance commercial water transport on fixed crossings.

• MessinaRelated: Ferries provide the principal direct link between Messina and mainland Italy.

• Pontoon bridgeCompared with: A ferry carries traffic across without creating a continuous bridge deck.

• RiverboatBroader topic: River ferries provide scheduled crossings where bridges are absent or inconvenient.

• Mackinac BridgeCompared with: Ferries were the practical alternative before the bridge connected the peninsulas.

• MultihullRelated: Catamaran ferries use separated hulls for speed and a broad passenger deck.

• Saronic IslandsNarrower topic: Ferries connect the islands to one another and to mainland Greece.

• SognefjordRelated: Ferries connect communities where the fjord makes direct road travel difficult.

• Wanshan ArchipelagoRelated: Ferries provide the principal passenger links between the islands and Zhuhai.

• Intercontinental and transoceanic fixed linksCompared with: Ferries offer flexible service without the cost and permanence of a fixed structure.

• Port of BarcelonaNarrower topic: Ferries link Barcelona with destinations including the Balearic Islands and ports in the western Mediterranean.

• Port-de-PaixRelated: Water crossings are central to connections between the city and nearby islands.

• Underwater tunnelCompared with: Ferries provide crossings without constructing a fixed underwater passage.

• WatercraftBroader topic: Ferries provide scheduled crossings where bridges or tunnels are impractical.