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- Wightlink ferry 50% stake sold to Canadian investorAn international investment firm has bought a 50% share in Isle of Wight ferry operator Wightlink. Fiera Infrastructure has acquired the stake for an undisclosed sum from Basalt Infrastructure Partners, which will continue as co-owner.
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- The tiny Manchester ferry you've probably never seen or heard of - it's been carrying folk across the Ship Canal for free for 100 yearsHidden away, down an overgrown path at the back of an ordinary housing estate, is a little-known ferry that has been taking people across the Manchester Ship Canal – free of charge – for more than a century.
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- CANADIAN COMPANY BUY 50% OF WIGHTLINK FERRIESFiera Infrastructure Inc., a leading global midmarket direct infrastructure investor, has acquired a 50% equity interest in Wightlink from Basalt Infrastructure Partners LLP.
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