1.   BEHIND the war of words over their respective performances, there is good news for all three ferry operators on the Ulster-Scotland sea-route.

2.   IRISH Sea ferry operators BandI and Stena Sealink are ready to battle it out for passengers this summer.

3.   Lord Sterling has been urging the Government to allow co-operation with other ferry operators in the face of the imminent competition from the Channel Tunnel.

4.   A federal appeals court has given the green light to the prosecution of a Virgin Islands ferry operator charged with dumping oil in Red Hook harbor.

5.   A study produced by Imperial College showed that Eurotunnel would increase its profits by cutting prices to below those of the ferry operators.

6.   European Ferries, one of the two main ferry operators, along with Stena Sealink.

7.   European Ferries and Stena Line AB, the largest English Channel ferry operators.

8.   Ferry operators in Calais and Dover would be having a field day, except that French truck drivers were on strike and preventing even British trucks from going aboard.

9.   It is also negotiating with a ferry operator to run a service from a location on the property along Newark Bay to and from Manhattan.