Bermuda's success with fast ferries has led to a flurry on invites from other jurisdictions interested in the transportation initiative.

Bermuda currently has 11 ferries — five of which are high-speed catamaran ferries and a sixth will arrive this fall.

Since 2002, there have been new services for Rockaway, Somerset and St. George's, other docks have been improved and a new schedule has been implemented.

Representatives of the Ministry of Transport have been invited to conferences across the globe to discuss ways of implementing similar services elsewhere.

The Ministry was invited to be on a panel at the International Union of Public Transportation World Congress, which is the main public transportation association in the world.

A representative from the Ministry has also been invited to Nova Scotia, Canada to address the Halifax City Council and Canadian Urban Transit Association on the Bermuda ferries and help them develop a similar system.

And Bermuda has been asked to sit on the Waterborne Transport Committee of the International Union of Public Transportation, along with officials from England, Hong Kong, Dubai, Ivory Coast, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Switzerland.

American Urban Transit Association has asked Bermuda to participate in the newly formed ferry committee and address the Intermodal Operations Planning Workshop in August.

The Premier and Minister of Transport Dr. Ewart Brown said: "The development of Bermuda's ferry system has captured the imagination of the international community. It is a credit to our hard work and determination that we are being asked by other organisations to advise them in the development of their systems."