Collocations for ferry - noun

cross-channel | night | car, passenger

get, go on, take, travel on, use | wait for | catch | board, drive onto | drive off, get off

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

arrive, come in, dock
We watched the ferry dock.

depart, go, leave, sail
The last ferry sails at 4 p.m.

cross sth
the ferries that cross the River Mersey

run
Ferries run every hour or so.

crossing, journey | route | boat | passenger | port, terminal | line, operator, service

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

by ~
We went by night ferry.

~ across/over
We caught the ferry across the river.

~ between
the ferry between Dundee and Tayport

~ for/to
the ferry for Italy

~ from
the ferry from Ramsgate to Dunkirk