Ferry
The double-decker car ferries that serviced the two Western Scheldt crossings until 2003 were sold to Italian companies, where two of them, the Queen Beatrix (renamed Tremestieri) and Prince Johan Friso (renamed Acciarello) were adapted for the crossing between Messina and Villa San Giovanni on the Italian mainland.
With the opening of the road tunnel, the Breskens-Vlissingen ferry was restricted to pedestrians and cyclists only. It is operated by Veolia Fast Ferries Zeeland, part of Connex. Initially former car ferries were used, but as of 2 May 2004 the service has been operated by two "small waterplane area twinhulls" (swaths, similar to catamarans), built at the Royal Schelde Group in Vlissingen (Flushing), and named "Prins Willem Alexander" and "Prinses Máxima".
Upstream, the Kruiningen-Perkpolder ferry was discontinued without direct replacement.
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