sydney ferries allowed the public to name its fleet of emerald-class ferries through a naming competition. it was announced that the most popular name was "boaty mcboatface" but, as it had already been taken, the judges opted to go instead for the second-place choice, and one of the ferries was thus named "ferry mcferryface". after the maritime union of australia refused to crew the vessel in protest at the name, it entered service named "emerald 6" with a "ferry mcferryface" sticker below the bridge. it later emerged that the name ferry mcferryface had received fewer than 200 votes in the poll; it had been selected by the new south wales transport minister out of his personal preference for the name, which was subsequently changed.