Offer a roll-on, roll-off Merchant Navy ferry to help transport equipment to the French force in Mali.

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Petrobras has been studying an alternative to transport the equipment by ferry to the Petrochemical Complex of Rio de Janeiro State (Comperj).

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The decision to look at the future of the Renfrew to Yoker ferry service was made by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT).

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Badiuzzaman Badal, president of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport and Passenger Service, said the ferry was carrying just over 50 passengers.

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She said the funniest email request she ever got was to call in a prescription to the pharmacy and arrange for a taxi to transport the meds to the Fire Island ferry.

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And many people arrive via the Greenway Ferry - 60% of our visitors come by green transport.

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Bosses from the ferry operator and representatives of the shore staff union, the Transport and Salaried Staffs Association, are due to meet on Tuesday for talks.

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Shamsuddoha Khandaker, chairman of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority, said they were trying to locate the sunken ferry, the ML Sarash.

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