1811    Inventor John Stevens' boat, the ''Juliana'', begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey).

1959    The {{MS|Princess of Tasmania}}, Australia’s first passenger roll-on/roll-off diesel ferry, makes her maiden voyage across Bass Strait.

1968    Shipwreck of the New Zealand inter-island ferry TEV ''Wahine'' outside Wellington harbour.

1976    The ferry ''George Prince'' is struck by a ship while crossing the Mississippi River between Destrehan and Luling, Louisiana. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.

2002    The overcrowded Senegalese ferry ''MV Joola'' capsizes off the coast of Gambia killing more than 1,000.