ferry
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French authorities suspended the European Union's new digital border check system at Britain's Port of Dover on Saturday, as traffic piled up at the UK ferry terminal at the start of the long weekend.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
Before boarding a cross-Channel ferry at Dover travellers have to go through French border checks.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Travellers were facing wait times of over two hours at the terminal in southern England to get the cross-Channel ferry to France, the Port of Dover said in traffic updates.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
It’s needed to ferry more-advanced satellites for Starlink, which accounts for most of SpaceX’s revenue, to low-Earth-orbit, as well as to launch orbital data centers.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
Captain Billy’s ferry, though much larger, drooped like an old waiting woman.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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