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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.
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 [2] Archived 2008-06-23 at the Wayback Machine .
The Basseterre Ferry Terminal facilitates travel between Saint Kitts and sister island Nevis. [ 22 ] The narrow-gauge (30 inches [ 23 ] ) St. Kitts Scenic Railway circles the island and offers passenger service from its headquarters near the airport, although the service is geared more for tourists than as day-to-day transportation for residents.
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.
For 19 years, from 1980 to 1999, Anslyn was Master of the Carib Queen, one of several St. Kitts and Nevis ferry boats. During this time period, Anslyn was given an award by the St. Kitts-Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce for his actions in saving the Carib Queen from being wrecked during the passage of Hurricane Klaus in 1984.
Bishop Thomas Coke paid his first of three visits to Nevis and St. Kitts in 1788, establishing the Methodist Church on the island. Membership grew to 1,800 on Nevis and 1,400 on St. Kitts by 1789. [2]: 57–58 [1]: 103–105 In 1824, the Cottle Church was established on Nevis, welcoming slaves and masters alike. [2]: 156
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.
As of 23 August 2024, citizens of Saint Kitts and Nevis had visa-free or visa on arrival access (including eTAs) to 157 countries and territories, ranking the Saint Kitts and Nevis passport 23rd, tied with Saint Vincent and the Grenadines passport and Uruguayan passport in terms of travel freedom according to the Passport Index. [1] [2]