On two previous occasions - in 1949 and 1951 - these same design faults had caused problems on the ferry.
Many of the passengers on the ferry were women travelling to Dakar to sell palm oil and mangoes on the market there.
Khokon Mollik said he had yet to locate neighbors who were on the ferry, including 17 members of a family who were traveling to a funeral.
Nigel Bunker, an MCA station officer, said there had been no sightings of Jordan since he was captured on the ferry's CCTV going into the water.
The firm, which confirmed it had reported the incident to police in Dover, said about 1, 559 people were on the ferry at the time, including young families.
The region depends heavily on the ferry to sell its agricultural produce to the rest of the country, from which it is isolated because of its geographical situation, south of the Gambia.
The workers arrive on the ferry from Auckland each Monday morning, are picked up at the terminal, and are housed and fed through Friday night, when they return back to their families in Auckland.
However, if you catch the first northbound ferry of the day (which leaves Saphan Taksin at about 4:05pm), you will have enough time to reach Pakret, hop on the ferry to Ko Kret, explore the island and make it back to Bangkok in time for dinner.
There was confusion over the number of passengers on board the ferry at the time of the accident.
Mr McKnight was chief cook on board the ferry, which sank off the County Down coast on 31 January 1953 with the loss of 133 lives.
If you are departing on the weekly ferry (sailing Thursday mornings in summer), this is the perfect way to spend your final night in Iceland.
Jordan was with friends on board the ferry when he leapt from the vessel.
It's a long night of drinking and checking out the entertainment on the overnight ferry.
Now I feel a childish enthusiasm crossing Victoria Harbour on the Star Ferry.
"We were the only people for many years to employ Mr Acheson on the Fiddlers Ferry project, " he added.
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Passengers on board the ferry, which operates between Guernsey, Jersey and Dorset, were also asked to search for the woman.
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On one visit, during the crossing to the island, he began talking to another man standing on the prow of the ferry.
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The body was left there, uncovered, for all of the public to see as they went on or off the ferry. (Yes, this really happened in the 20th century).
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Four coachloads of students from the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University were on board the Spirit of France ferry on 1 April.
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"I was on the top deck of the ferry and felt the impact - it threw people off of their seats, " she told the BBC.
He was seen on CCTV jumping from the ferry at about 21:15 GMT on New Year's Eve, but he did not re-surface.
As a young man, I bought myself a ticket on the Isle of Wight ferry, and sailed through the lines of warships at anchor in the Solent - there were lines of Leander class frigates, 'O' class diesel submarines, and minesweepers.
They included 35, 000 cruise ship visitors, and more than 300, 000 people travelling on the regular Amsterdam ferry route.
Ann Pewter, 74, from Tavistock, Devon, died at the King Harry Ferry crossing point on the River Fal on 20 March.
The remains found at Higher Ferry on Friday are the second set positively identified as the missing vet, and officers say the search continues.
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