The Dream, a mid-sized, 4, 000 passenger boat, will sail three-, four- and five-night Bahamian itineraries departing from Port Canaveral, Fla.

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At least 120 people are thought to have drowned after a passenger boat capsized on Lake Volta in Ghana .

ECONOMIST: Politics this week

The incidents are the latest in a spate of passenger-boat disasters in African countries.

ECONOMIST: Politics this week

The laws on boat passenger rights are expected to come into force within two years.

BBC: Rights for boat passengers to be strengthened

"The boat was trying to recover one passenger who fell down from the boat and later on the boat could not control the momentum and it went down inside the water, " Lt Col Zahid Hasan, a senior Bangladesh border guard official, told the BBC.

BBC: Dozens missing as boat sinks off Bangladesh

Passenger rides on a horse-drawn boat have made the canal a popular tourist attraction in the summer months.

BBC: Grand Western Canal repairs to cost ?3m

Unfortunately, I happened to be the sole passenger on a 12-seat converted fishing boat en route to Koh Rong Saloem when I first experienced this phenomenon.

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Laura Murphy, a fellow river cruise passenger, told CNN that the ship's captain anchored the boat in Luxor after being warned against docking at any of the stops along the Nile because those areas may be unsafe for tourists.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Bristol Ferry Boat Company went into administration last year but its five blue and yellow passenger boats were bought by a consortium of investors.

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