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The first-ever sea bus transportation between Turkey and Bulgaria was started Tuesday, as a ferry carried passengers from the Bulgarian city of Burgas to the northwestern Turkish province of Kırklareli, reports Daily Sabah. 

Istanbul's Sea Bus Operators (IDO) initiated the services with an aim to boost tourism along Turkey's Black Sea coastline.

It's already one of the world's most original commutes: The ferry trip between Istanbul's European and Asian sides gives a daily quarter of a million passengers unforgettable views on their way to work.

Greece has been left without national rail, island ferry and other transport services for a day as unions hold strikes and rallies to celebrate May Day.
Hundreds of people gathered in central Athens Wednesday for three separate rallies and marches to parliament organized by rival unions and left-wing groups.

It will affect the movement of the subway, the ships and the ferries, reported NOVA TV. 

According to information from the Bulgarian Embassy in Athens on May 1, 2019, a 24-hour transport strike is announced in Greece that will affect bus, trolley, city electric rail transport as well as subway, ship and ferry traffic.

Passenger ferries remained docked in ports around Greece Friday, cutting off connections between the islands and the mainland, as winds reached speeds of 9 and 10 on the Beaufort scale.

There were no ferry services from the main ports of Piraeus, Rafina or Lavrio.

Weather problems persist in central and southern Greece on Friday, as the strong winds are keeping ferries docked and snowfall has blocked a number of roads in various regions.

No ferries sail out of the Attica ports of Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrio due to gale-force winds, except for the large ferries to Aigina and Poros islands in the Saronikos Gulf.

The seabus and fast ferry company of Istanbul, known as İDO, has launched talks with its creditors to restructure a debt stemming from a loan which it obtained to buy vessels and equipment, Reuters reported on Feb. 7.

Ferry boats have been banned from sailing in the Aegean Sea as winds in the area reached speeds of 9 and 10 on the Beaufort scale on Tuesday morning, preventing safe passage.

Ferries to the Aegean islands are tied up at port in Piraeus, where only services to the nearby Saronic Gulf are running as usual.

Ferry operators have been showing interest in registering their vessels under the Cyprus flag, Cyprus's Deputy Minister of Shipping Natasa Pilides said.

She said this is partially due to the consequences of Brexit.

Departing from the Kabataş ferry dock every day, night cruise tours on Istanbul's legendary Bosphorus have been attracting scores of Arab tourists.