List of ferry operators
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The following is a list of ferry operators.
Asia
- See also: List of ferry operators in Japan
- Cebu Ferries (Cebu, Philippines)
- Cruise Ferries
- Negros Navigation (Manila, Philippines)
- Penang Port Commission (Penang, Malaysia)
- SSTH Ocean Arrow
- PT Dharma Lautan Utama (Surabaya, Indonesia)
- Star Ferry (Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong)
- SuperFerry (Manila, Philippines)
Europe
- Acciona Trasmediterránea (Spain)
- Adria Ferries (Italy to Albania)
- Aegean Speed Lines (Greece)
- Agoudimos Lines (Italy to Greece & Albania)
- Ålandstrafiken (mainland Finland to Åland Islands)
- Alstrafikken (Denmark domestic)
- Algerie Ferries (France/Spain – Africa)
- Amey plc (Windermere Ferry)
- Ånedinlinjen (Sweden to Åland Islands)
- ANEK Lines (Italy to Greece)
- Argyll and Bute Council, (Firth of Lorne and Loch Linnhe)
- Azzura Line (Italy – Croatia)
- Baleària (Balearics)
- Bergenske Dampskibsselskab (Bergen Line) (Norway)
- Blue Line International (Italy to Croatia)
- Blue Star Ferries (Italy to Greece)
- Bodrum Express Lines (Greece to Turkey)
- Bornholmstrafikken (to Denmark, Germany and Sweden)
- Bournemouth – Swanage Motor Road and Ferry Company (Sandbanks Ferry, Poole Harbour)
- Bristol Ferry Boat (in Bristol Harbour)
- Brittany Ferries (UK, France, Spain, Ireland)
- Brownsea Island Ferries Ltd (Poole Harbour)
- Caledonian MacBrayne (Scotland)
- Celtic Link Ferries (Ireland – France), (Portsmouth-Cherbourg)
- Color Line (Norway to Denmark, Germany and Sweden)
- Compagnie Corsaire (France – Channel Islands)
- Condor Ferries (Channel Islands, UK)
- Corsica Ferries (Italy and France to Corsica and Sardinia)
- Destination Gotland (Swedish mainland to Gotland)
- DFDS Lisco GmbH (Baltic Sea)
- DFDS Seaways (Baltic Sea, North Sea)
- Dodekanisos Seaways (Greece)
- Eckerö Line (Baltic Sea)
- Emilia Romagna Lines (Italy to Croatia)
- Endeavor Lines (Italy to Greece)
- EneRmaR (Med)
- European Seaways (Italy to Albania)
- Exe to Sea Cruises (Exmouth to Starcross Ferry)
- Fastnet Line (New Swansea Cork ferry. Wales to Ireland)
- Finnlines (Northern Europe)
- Fjärdvägen (Finland domestic, Åland Islands to mainland)
- Fjord1 Nordvestlandske (Norway)
- Fjord Line (North Sea)
- Fosen Trafikklag (Norway)
- Francis Spencer (Hammerton's Ferry across the River Thames)
- Fragline Ferries (Italy to Greece)
- FRS Iberia S.L. (Spain to Morocco)
- G.A. Ferries (Greece)
- GLD Lines (France to Italy)
- Grandi Navi Veloci (Med)
- Grimaldi Lines (Med)
- Gosport Ferry Company Ltd (Gosport to Portsmouth)
- Hardanger Sunnhordlandske Dampskipsselskap (Norway)
- HD Ferries (Channel Islands, France)
- Hellenic Seaways (Greece)
- Highland Regional Council (Corran Ferry – Loch Linnhe)
- Hovertravel (Hovercraft from UK mainland to Isle of Wight)
- Hurtigruten (Norway domestic)
- İdo (Turkey domestic)
- Ilion Line (Greece – Albania)
- Irish Ferries (Irish Sea, Celtic Sea)
- Iscomar (Spain – Balearics)
- Isle of Man Steam Packet (Isle of Man, Irish Sea)
- Isle of Wight Council (Cowes Floating Bridge)
- Isles of Scilly Steamship Company (English mainland to Isles of Scilly)
- Jadrolinija (Croatia domestic, Croatia to Italy)
- Kallisti Ferries (Greece)
- King Harry Steam Ferry Company Ltd (River Fal)
- Kystlink (Denmark to Norway and Sweden)
- La Meridionale (France – Corsica & Sardinia)
- Langelandstrafikken (Domestic Denmark)
- LD Lines (English Channel)
- Linda Lines (Estonia – Finland)
- London Borough of Greenwich (Woolwich Ferry across the River Thames)
- Manche Iles Express (France – Channel Islands)
- Marmaris Ferry Turkey – Greece Marmaris -Rhodes Ferry lines online booking
- Marmara Lines (Italy to Turkey)
- Master Feries (Denmark to Norway)
- Merseytravel (Mersey Ferry)
- Minoan Lines (Italy to Greece)
- Montenegro Lines (Italy to Montenegro)
- Moby Lines (Italy and the Mediterranean)
- My Way Ferries (Italy to Greece)
- Namsos Trafikkselskap (Norway)
- Nel Lines (Greece)
- Norfolkline (Dover to Dunkirk)
- Northlink Ferries (Orkney and Shetland, Scotland)
- Orkney Ferries (Orkney, Scotland)
- P&O Irish Sea (Irish sea)
- P&O Ferries (United Kingdom)
- Pentland Ferries (Orkney, Scotland)
- Polferries (the Baltic Sea)
- Rapska Plovidba (Island of Rab to mainland, Croatia)
- Red Funnel (Isle Of Wight to mainland England.)
- RG Line (Gulf of Bothnia, Finland to Sweden)
- Saaremaa Shipping Company (Estonia and Saaremaa to Latvia)
- Samsotrafikken (Domestic Denmark)
- SeaFrance (English Channel)
- Sea Service (Greece – Turkey)
- Scandlines (Baltic Sea)
- Shetland Islands Council (internal Shetland islands)
- Silja Line (Finland to Sweden)
- Skenderbeg Lines (Italy to Albania)
- Smyril Line (North Sea & the North Atlantic)
- SNAV (Italy and the Mediterranean)
- SNCM (France and the Mediterranean)
- Split Tours (Croatia)
- Stena Line (North Sea, Irish Sea, Baltic Sea)
- Superfast Ferries (Athens; Adriatic, North Sea)
- SuperSeaCat (Finland to Estonia)
- Tallink (the Baltic Sea)
- Teign Ferry Ltd (Teignmouth to Shaldon, across the Teign Estuary)
- Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming (Den Helder to Texel, Netherlands)
- Thames Clippers (services on the River Thames including Canary Wharf - Rotherhithe Ferry)
- Tirrenia di Navigazione (Italy)
- TransEuropa Ferries (Belgium – Oostende to England – Ramsgate)
- Transmanche Ferries (France-England)
- Transtejo & Soflusa (Lisbon in Portugal)
- Torghatten Trafikkselskap (Norway)
- TT-Line (Germany to Sweden)
- Unity Line (Świnoujście to Ystad and Świnoujście to Trelleborg)
- UKR Ferry (Black sea)
- Venezia Lines (Italy to Croatia)
- Ventrafiken (Sweden domestic, Island of Ven to mainland)
- Ventouris Ferries (Italy to [[Greece)
- Veolia Transport
- Viking Line (the Baltic Sea)
- Waxholmsbolaget (Stockholm, Sweden)
- Western Ferries (Clyde) Ltd (Firth of Clyde)
- Wightlink (Isle Of Wight to mainland England.)
North America
- Alaska Marine Highway System (ports across Alaska as well as Prince Rupert, British Columbia and Bellingham, Washington)
- Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (operates one ferry across Bull Shoals Lake)
- Baja Ferries (Baja California Sur – Sinaloa, Mexico.)[1]
- Bay Ferries (eastern Canada and US, Caribbean Sea)
- BC Ferries (British Columbia, Canada)
- BillyBey Ferry Company (Weehawken, New Jersey)
- Black Ball Transport (Olympic Peninsula to Vancouver Island)
- Casco Bay Lines (Service between Portland, Maine and the Islands of Casco Bay)
- Cape May-Lewes Ferry (Service between Cape May County, New Jersey and Lewes, Delaware across the Delaware Bay)
- Clackamas County, Oregon (Canby Ferry) Cable pulled ferry across the Willamette River in the vicinity of Canby, Oregon[2]
- Ferry Santa Rosalia (Baja California Sur – Sonora, Mexico)[3]
- Fire Island Ferries (Service between Bay Shore, New York and Fire Island, New York across the Great South Bay)[4]
- Fraser River Marine Transportation Ltd. (British Columbia, Canada)
- Golden Gate Transit ferries in the San Francisco Bay Area
- Governors Island Alliance (New York City)
- Harris County, Texas (operates a ferry across Buffalo Bayou near the San Jacinto Monument)
- Hornblower Cruises (San Francisco)
- Inter-Island Ferry Authority (five Southeast Alaskan communities)
- Jet Express (U.S. Lake Erie Islands)[5]
- Kelleys Island Ferry (Lake Erie, to Kelleys Island, Ohio)[6]
- Lake Champlain Transportation Company (on Lake Champlain in the United States)
- Lake Express (on Lake Michigan)
- Lake Michigan Carferry (operates SS Badger)
- Liberty Water Taxi (Jersey City, New Jersey)
- MBTA boat (Boston)
- Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LDOTD)
- Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Crescent City Connection Division
- Marine Atlantic (Atlantic Canada)
- Metro Transit (public transit routes in Halifax, Nova Scotia)
- Miller Boat Line (U.S. Lake Erie Islands)[7]
- Millersburg Ferry (Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania, between Millerburg and Liverpool, PA[1]
- New York Water Taxi (New York City)
- North Carolina Ferry System (operates eight ferry routes)
- Northumberland Ferries (eastern Canada)
- NY Waterway (Weehawken, New Jersey)
- Owen Sound Transportation Company Limited, Tobermory, Ontario
- Oxford-Bellevue Ferry (Talbot County, Maryland)[8]
- Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
- Staten Island Ferry (New York City)
- Texas Department of Transportation (operates two ferries, one at Galveston, Texas and the other at Port Aransas, Texas)
- The Steamship Authority (Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts)
- Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division (operate three Toronto Island ferry services)
- Toronto Port Authority (operate one Toronto Island ferry service)
- Washington State Ferries (northwest US)
- Valley View Ferry – Connects Jessamine County and Lexington, Kentucky with Madison County via SR 169 at the Kentucky River. It's Kentucky oldest continuous business.
In addition, a private operator runs a ferry across the Current River in Missouri, at Akers Ferry crossing in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways.
Oceania
- See also: List of Australian ferries
- ANL (Formally Tasmania to main-land Australia)
- Bluebridge (connects North Island and South Island in New Zealand)
- Brisbane CityCat & CityFerry (Brisbane, Australia)
- Interisland Line (connects North Island and South Island in New Zealand)
- Kangaroo Island SeaLink (mainland South Australia to Kangaroo Island)
- New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority (various inland crossings)
- Peninsula Searoad Transport (Crossing Port Phillip)
- Sydney Ferries (Sydney, Australia)
- Toll Shipping (Fomer owner of Interisland Line, now Ro/Ro ferries across Bass Strait)
- TT-line (Connects Tasmania to main-land Australia.)
- Fullers (Waitemata Harbour and inner Hauraki Gulf ferry service)
- Sealink (Great Barrier Island ferry service)
- Reubens Water Taxi (Kawau Island and outer Hauraki Gulf ferry service)
- Kiwi Coast Cruises (Tauranga to Mt Maunganui ferry service)
- Matakana Ferry 2000 ltd (Omokoroa to Matakana Island ferry service)
- 360 Discovery Cruises (Hauraki Gulf and Coromandel ferry service)
- Stewart Island Experience (Bluff to Stewart Island ferry service)
South America
- Conferry (connects Isla Margarita to mainland Venezuela)
- Ferries that connect Colonia and Montevideo to Buenos Aires, Argentina:
- Chile:
Africa
- Algerie Ferries/ENTMV (Algeria – Spain, France)
- Comarit (Morocco – Spain, France, Italy)
- Comanav (Morocco – Spain, France)
- Cotunav (Tunisia – France)
- CNAN (Algeria – Spain, France)
- El Salam Maritime- (Egypt – Saudi arabia)
References
- ↑ "Baja Ferries". Bajaferries.com. http://www.bajaferries.com/. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
- ↑ "Canby_Ferry". Clackamas County. http://www.clackamas.us/transportation/transit/ferry.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
- ↑ "Itinerary and schedule". Ferry Santa Rosalia. http://www.ferrysantarosalia.com/htm/itinerary.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
- ↑ "Fire Island Ferries". Fire Island Ferries. http://fireislandferries.com/. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
- ↑ "Jet Express". Put-in-Bay Boat Line. http://www.jet-express.com/. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
- ↑ "Kelleys Island Ferry". Kelleys Island Ferry. http://www.kelleysislandferry.com/. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
- ↑ "Miller Boat Line". Miller Boat Line. http://www.millerferry.com/. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
- ↑ "Oxford-Bellevue Ferry". Oxford-Bellevue Ferry. http://www.oxfordbellevueferry.com/. Retrieved 2010-04-09.