The Harwich Harbour Ferry is a foot and bicycle

ferry A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...

for 58 passengers that runs from April until end of October between Ha'penny Pier near

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near

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and

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marina. As well as for local traffic, this ferry can be used as a short cut on the Suffolk Coast Path; it takes bicycles, prams, e-bikes and is used by National Cycle Route

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and the North Sea Cycle Route. The ferry service started in 1912 and was operated from 1925 until 1992 by the . The service was later started with the MV ''Explorer 12'', a

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, which is owned by Austrian Christian Zemann and his English wife Lucy Zemann and licensed to carry 12 passengers. As of 2016 the service is provided by the simply-named ''Harbour Ferry''. The boat was once a lifeboat from the liner SS ''Canberra'' and is now licensed and equipped for 58 passengers.

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External links

Official Harbour Ferry website (fares and timetables)
* http://www.sealwatching.co.uk

Harwich International Port
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