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Detailed explanation-1: -Passenger ferry service is slated to commence from next month between India and Sri Lanka. The ferry service will connect the Kankesanthurai port in Jaffna district and Puducherry. Sri Lanka’s Ports and Shipping minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said that the Indian government had extended consent for the service.

Detailed explanation-2: -You might soon enjoy a ferry ride to the Maldives from India. On his two-day visit to the Indian Ocean archipelago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the service will soon start between Kochi, Kerala and Male, the Capital of the Maldives. This initiative aims to boost tourism between the two nations.

Detailed explanation-3: -Alaska’s ferries operate across the longest distances, connecting that State’s coastal cities and towns with each other and with those in the lower 48 States. More ferries, 75, are based in New York than in any other State.

Detailed explanation-4: -Water transport in Mumbai consists of ferries, hovercraft, and catamarans, operated by various government agencies as well as private entities.

Detailed explanation-5: -India is set to launch a direct ferry service to which neighbouring country? Notes: India is set to launch a new direct cargo ferry service to the Maldives, in the third week of September, as per the Indian high commission in the Maldives.