Sydney Ferries
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Operations
Sydney Ferries operates on nine lines of route, with approximately 14,000,000 passengers per year[link]. Sydney Ferries operates from Circular Quay Ferry Terminal, a major transport hub in Sydney's central business district, with popular routes including ferries and Jet Cats (high speed catamarans) to the beachside suburb of Manly and ferries to Taronga Zoo, a major tourist attraction. Sydney Ferries also operates sightseeing cruises for tourists.
Vessels
Sydney Ferries operates seven classes of vessel, including catamarans and single hull craft, with 31 vessels in the fleet.
Four Freshwater Class Manly Ferries Freshwater, Queenscliff, Narrabeen and Collaroy
Three Jetcats Blue Fin, Sir David Martin and Sea Eagle
Nine First Fleeters class Sirius. Supply, Alexander, Borrowdale, Charlotte, Fishburn, Golden Grove, Scarbrough, Friendship
Lady class Lady Herron and the Lady Northcott. Lady Street (Planned for Scrapping July 2006) Lady Wakehurst a cruise boat on Sydney Harbour
Two Harbour Cats Pam Burridge and Anne Seargent
Four Supercats Mary Mackillop, Susie O'Neill, Louise Sauvage and Supercat 4 (Un named)
Seven Rivercats Dawn Fraser, Betty Cuthbert, Shane Gould, Marlene Matthews, Evonne Goolagong and Nicole Livingstone (Stevenson)
Organisation
Sydney Ferries was established as a state owned corporation on 1 July 2004. Prior to this, Sydney Ferries was a business unit of the State Transit Authority of NSW.
Rear Admiral Chris Oxenbould is currently the acting CEO. He was appointed in February 2006 after former CEO, Suzanne Sinclair, resigned following a spate of vessel incidents and service reliability issues.
The cost to taxpayers of the ferry service was singled out for particular criticism by an inquiry into the public transport network in 2003.
See also
External links
Australian ferries | |
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| Abel Tasman | Australian Trader | Empress of Australia | MV Sorrento | MV Queenscliff | Spirit of Tasmania | Sydney Ferries | Brisbane CityCat & Cityferry | |
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