SeaLink operates the Island Navigator, a passenger, car and freight ferry, operating from Wynyard Wharf in Auckland city to Tryphena ( several times weekly ) and Port Fitzroy every Tuesday.

With the introduction by SeaLink of the Island Navigator, the fate of Island Seaway was sealed, with the service subsequently withdrawn and SeaLink drawing on Government subsidies to operate all freight services to and from the Island.

It was also in this period that The Walt Disney Company released many science fiction films for family audiences such as The Island at the Top of the World, Escape to Witch Mountain, The Black Hole, Flight of the Navigator, and Honey, I Shrunk The Kids.

In 1445, Prince Henry the Navigator set up a trading post on Arguin Island ( off the coast of modern Mauritania ), which acquired acacia gum and slaves for Portugal.

And during the period of discoveries, Henry the Navigator brought to the newly discovered island of Madeira the Moscatel and Malvasia from the Greek Island of Crete.

Martin de Goiti, Spanish conquestador and Navigator under the service of Spain landed on Sibuyan Island in May 10, 1570.

This ruling might not be consistently applied: in 2011, police in Taupo on New Zealand's North Island had to stop using Segways because there is no separate vehicle classification that applies to them, requiring their registration as roadworthy in the same manner as cars.

A payload launch vehicle carrying a prototype exoatmospheric kill vehicle is launched from Meck Island at the Kwajalein Missile Range on December 3, 2001, for an intercept of a ballistic missile target over the central Pacific Ocean.

The basic system used a ground station located down range from the launch site ( at Valkaria, Florida and Eleuthera Island, Bahamas ) and a transponder on the vehicle.

4WD vehicles on Fraser Island need to obtain a vehicle permit.

Access to the island is via the MICAT vehicle ferry service from Lytton, near the Port of Brisbane, the Tangalooma Flyer launched from Pinkenba or the Kooringal Trader from Amity Point on North Stradbroke Island.

For purposes of vehicle registration, Catalina Island is divided into two classifications: within Avalon and " Interior " ( areas outside the city limits ).

Because of these restrictions, there is no regular vehicle ferry service for visitors to take their car to Avalon and the rest of Catalina Island.

The Vanderbilt Parkway, an exception in western Suffolk County, is a surviving remnant of the Long Island Motor Parkway that became a surface street, no longer with controlled-access or non-commercial vehicle restrictions.

The strait hosts two seasonal ferry services: Northumberland Ferries Limited operates a passenger / vehicle service between Caribou, Nova Scotia and Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island, a separate passenger-only ferry service also operates from Caribou to Pictou Island.

The other passenger / vehicle service is located between Souris, Prince Edward Island and Iles de la Madeleine, Quebec.

Prior to the construction of the causeway, Cape Breton Island was connected to the mainland by separate railway car and motor vehicle ferries.

It is the longest east-west main vehicle route on Vancouver Island, with a total length of.

A Payload Launch Vehicle ( PLV ) carrying a prototype exoatmospheric kill vehicle is launched from Meck Island at the Kwajalein Missile Range on December 3, 2001, for an intercept of a ballistic missile target over the central Pacific Ocean.

A causeway has been constructed between Cape Peron and Garden Island to carry vehicle traffic between the mainland and the island.

In the states of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, Washington, Wyoming and other Castle Doctrine states, there is no duty to retreat in certain situations ( depending on the state, this may apply to one's home, business, or vehicle, or to any public place where a person is lawfully present ).

One year into the SICPC ’ s legal fight against the original route of the Richmond Parkway, the Staten Island Greenbelt Natural Areas League ( SIGNAL ), spearheaded by another resident-journalist, John G. Mitchell, formed as a vehicle for rallying community opposition to the highway construction.

The larger populated islands are served by BC Ferries, which operates combined vehicle and passenger ferries between the Gulf Islands and to terminals near the major cities of Nanaimo and Victoria on Vancouver Island as well as Vancouver on the mainland.

In America's Upper Midwest, Mackinac Island banned the personal motorized vehicle in order to protect the draft horses in the late 19th century and again in the 1920s.

The city is also served by passenger ferry to Fraser Island, as well as both scheduled and unscheduled vehicle Ferrys.

British Columbia Highway 4, known locally as the Alberni Highway to the east of Port Alberni and the Pacific Rim Highway to the west, is the longest east-west main vehicle route on Vancouver Island, with a total length of 163 km ( 101 mi ).

Highway 18 is a short, long main vehicle route in the Cowichan Valley Regional District on Vancouver Island, connecting the city of Duncan on the Trans-Canada Highway with the community of Youbou, on the north shore of Lake Cowichan.

It is also the location of BC Ferries ' Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal, built in 1959 to provide foot-passenger and motor vehicle access from the Lower Mainland to the southern part of Vancouver Island and the Southern Gulf Islands.

The skyline, the bridges, Broadway, and the Staten Island ferry are only a few of the spots to put on your `` must '' list for New York City.

The railroad connected Lower Manhattan via the South Ferry to Greenport on the North Fork of Long Island, where a ferry connected to Stonington, Connecticut to a rail link that continued to Boston.

The Island of Ile-a-vache, La Tortue, Petit and grand Caillimite, gros-caille and la Gonave are reachable only by ferry or small sailing boat, except La Gonave who has an air strip that rarely use.

In the winter, there is a significant reduction of use, and the ferry service to and from Portsea Island is subsidised by the local authorities.

Apart from the ferry the only public connection between Hayling Island and the mainland is a single carriageway road linking Northney to Langstone, Havant.

* 1958 – Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsizes off southern Awaji Island, Japan, 167 killed.

A ferry service links Bahir Dar with Gorgora via Dek Island and various lakeshore villages.

" Pelee Island is the largest of Erie's islands, accessible by ferry from Leamington, Ontario and Sandusky, Ohio.

This is the only large-scale long-distance car / passenger shipping service left, with all others restricted to short ferry routes to islands like Stewart Island / Rakiura or Great Barrier Island.

As a result of having hosted the inaugural meeting of Confederation, the Charlottetown Conference, Prince Edward Island presents itself as the " Birthplace of Confederation " and this is commemorated through several buildings, a ferry vessel, and the Confederation Bridge ( constructed 1993 to 1997 ).

* 6: 00 AM Staten Island ferry resumes operation.

The Washington State Ferry terminal in Sidney provides ferry service to Friday Harbor, Orcas Island, and ultimately Anacortes, Washington.

Prior to the completion of the bridge in 1935, Whidbey Island was linked to Fidalgo Island by the Deception Pass ferry, which ran from 1924 to 1935.

The Long Island Rail Road Company was chartered in 1834 to provide a daily train service between New York and Boston via a ferry connection between its Greenport, New York, terminal on Long Island's North Fork and Stonington, Connecticut.

There are two ferry services to Great Barrier Island.

The ferry companies operating on the Island are Tirrenia di Navigazione, Moby Lines, Corsica Ferry, Grandi Navi Veloci, Snav, SNCM, and CMN.

After reaching Vancouver, B. C., on the Pacific Coast, there is a ferry route west to Vancouver Island and the provincial capital city of Victoria, B. C.

Since 1973, a rail ferry operates across the strait, connecting the port of Vanino, Khabarovsk Krai on the mainland with Kholmsk on Sakhalin Island.

There is currently a ferry service Hayling Island Ferry linking Eastney and Ferry Point, on Hayling Island.

It is reached by a ferry that departs from Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and by several other ferries departing from Falmouth, New Bedford, Hyannis, and Quonset Point, Rhode Island.