car, passenger
cross-Channel (BrE)

get, ride (AmE), take, use
wait for
catch
board
drive off, get off
operate

carry sb, take sb
a ferry carrying more than a thousand people

arrive, come in (esp. BrE), dock
We watched the ferry dock.

depart, go, leave, sail (BrE)
The ferry departs at 8 p.m.
The last ferry sails at 4 p.m.

cross sth
the ferries that cross the Mekong River

run
Ferries run every hour or so.

crossing, journey (BrE), ride, trip
route
boat
passenger
pilot (AmE)
dock, port, terminal
line, operator, service

aboard a/the ferry, on a/the ferry, on board a/the ferry
the people on the ferry

by ferry
We went by night ferry.

ferry across, ferry over
We caught the ferry across the river.

ferry between
the ferry between Cape Cod and the islands

ferry for (esp. BrE), ferry to
We caught the ferry to Fire Island.
the ferry for Italy

ferry from
the ferry from Toronto to Rochester

Ferry is used with these nouns as the subject:
boat, helicopter