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The "Sea Bridge" ferry, which takes cars (and also pedestrians), docks in the northwest part of Nevis at Cades Bay, and runs between there and Majors Bay on St. Kitts. The Sea Bridge ferry runs six times a day in each direction Archived 2008-06-23 at the Wayback Machine. For pedestrians there are no facilities of any kind at Majors Bay (no ...
On the afternoon of Saturday 1 August 1970 (the weekend of the annual Emancipation Day holiday), the ferry boat was overloaded on her final run of the day from St. Kitts to Nevis. The passenger capacity was 155, but that afternoon Christena had approximately 320 to 322 people on board.
Saint Kitts and Nevis are separated by a shallow 3-kilometre (2 mi) channel known as "The Narrows". Saint Kitts became home to the first Caribbean British and French colonies in the mid-1620s. [2] [3] Along with the island of Nevis, Saint Kitts was a member of the British West Indies until gaining independence on 19 September 1983. [4]
Charlestown has a population of 1,500. It is the main administrative and commercial center for the island of Nevis and is also the most concentrated residential area on the island. It is the hub for much of the transportation in Nevis. There is a modern port area with a dock where the ferries from St. Kitts load and unload passengers.
The St. Kitts and Nevis Defence Force (SKNDF) received a report about a vessel drifting southwest of Nevis between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. on Wednesday.
St. Kitts and Nevis allows foreigners to obtain the status of St. Kitts and Nevis citizen by means of a government sponsored investment programme called Citizenship-by-Investment. [70] [1] Established in 1984, St. Kitts and Nevis's citizenship programme is the oldest prevailing economic citizenship programme of this
ORDNANCE SURVEY, GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, 1984, Nevis, with part of St. Christopher (Saint Kitts). Series E803 (D.O.S. 343), Sheet NEVIS, Edition 5 O.S.D. 1984. Reprinted in 1995, published by the Government of the United Kingdom (Ordnance Survey) for the Government of Saint Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis.
The ferry sank after being rammed by an out-of-control Indian Navy rigid inflatable boat at Mumbai, India. 99 people were rescued, with at least 12 civilians and 3 Navy sailors killed. [224] [225] Theodore Too Canada: The large-scale imitation 65-foot (20 m) tugboat took on water and partly sank at dock in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. [226]