Most Norwegian fjord and coastal ferries are double-ended vessels.
The most spectacular coastal ferry runs are on the south coast of Alaska and along the Inside Passage.
Although there is no road access, the community is accessible by snowmobile trail, Rigolet Airport, or seasonally via a coastal ferry from Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
Before she had been forcefully impressed into the navy and sent to join the blockading fleet, theRhode Island had been a coastal ferry.
For most of the year, Sisimiut is served twice-weekly by coastal ferries of Arctic Umiaq Line which link the communities of the western coast.
Kavik manages to stow away on a coastal ferry and travels north.
Along the southeastern coast, one finds picturesque fishing villages like Ballstad and Stamsund, where the Hurtigruten (coastal ferry) stops.
Sea passenger and freight transport is served by the coastal ferries operated by Arctic Umiaq Line.
This facility had been established by the Newfoundland Railway to build and repair its coastal ferries.
The Reid company purchased eight new steamships to operate as coastal ferries around the island and into Labrador.