List of ferry operators

The following is a list of ferry operators.

Africa

  • Algerie Ferries/ENTMV (AlgeriaSpain, France)
  • Comarit (MoroccoSpain, France, Italy)
  • Comanav (MoroccoSpain, France)
  • Cotunav (TunisiaFrance)
  • El Salam Maritime (EgyptSaudi Arabia)
  • FRS Iberia & Maroc (Spain)
  • Kariba Ferries (Zimbabwe)
  • Kenya Ferry Services (Kenya)[1]

Asia

Europe

A-M

  • Aegean Speed Lines (Greece)
  • Ålandstrafiken (mainland Finland to Åland)
  • Algérie Ferries (Algeria to Spain and France)
  • Amey plc (Windermere Ferry)
  • ANEK Lines (Italy to Greece)
  • Argyll and Bute Council (Firth of Lorne and Loch Linnhe)
  • Autofähre Beckenried–Gersau (Lake Lucerne, Switzerland)
  • Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (Caspian Sea)
  • Baleària (mainland Spain to Balearics, Morocco and Canary Islands in association with Fred. Olsen express)
  • Blue Star Ferries (Greece, Aegean Islands)
  • BornholmerFærgen (to Denmark, Germany and Sweden)
  • Bristol Ferry Boats (in Bristol Harbour)
  • Brittany Ferries (Bay of Biscay, Celtic Sea, English Channel, Irish Sea)
  • Brownsea Island Ferries Ltd (Poole Harbour)
  • Caledonian MacBrayne (Scotland)
  • Caremar (Italy)
  • Color Line (Norway to Denmark, Germany and Sweden)
  • Corsica Ferries-Sardinia Ferries (Italy and France to Corsica and Sardinia)
  • Destination Gotland (Swedish mainland to Gotland)
  • DFDS Seaways (Baltic Sea, English Channel, Irish Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, Strait of Gibraltar)[2]
  • Eckerö Line (Baltic Sea)
  • Eimskip Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland
  • Finnlines (Northern Europe)[3]
  • Fjord Line (Denmark to Norway)
  • Fjord1 Nordvestlandske (Norway)
  • Fosen Trafikklag (Norway)
  • Förde Reederei Seetouristik (Germany)
  • FRS Baltic (Germany - Sweden)
  • FRS Elbfähre (Germany)
  • FRS Helgoline (Germany)
  • FRS Iberia & Maroc (Spain)
  • FRS Syltfähre (Germany)
  • Fred. Olsen Express (Canary Islands including Huelva)
  • Gosport Ferry Company Ltd (Gosport to Portsmouth)
  • Grandi Navi Veloci (Italy - Med)
  • Grimaldi Lines (Italy - Med)
  • Hellenic Seaways (Greece)
  • Highland Regional Council (Corran Ferry – Loch Linnhe)
  • Hurtigruten (Norway domestic)
  • İdo (Turkey domestic)
  • Levante Ferries (Greece)
  • Irish Ferries (Irish Sea, Celtic Sea)
  • Isle of Man Steam Packet Company (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)
  • Kihnu Veeteed (Estonia)
  • King Harry Steam Ferry Company Ltd (River Fal)
  • Lake Koman Ferry (Northern Albania)
  • Maregiglio (Italy)
  • Merseytravel (Mersey Ferry)
  • Minoan Lines (Italy to Greece)
  • Moby Lines (Italy and the Mediterranean)
  • Molslinjen (Denmark)

N-Z

  • Namsos Trafikkselskap (Norway)
  • Naviera Armas<r[4] -Armas Trasmediterránea group<r[5] (Mainland Canary Islands including Huelva to Canary Islands, Spain to Morocco)
  • NorthLink Ferries (Orkney and Shetland, Scotland)
  • Øresundslinjen (Sweden - Denmark)
  • Orkney Ferries (Orkney, Scotland)
  • P&O Ferries (United Kingdom to France; Netherlands, Belgium and Spain)
  • P&O Irish Sea (Irish Sea)
  • Pentland Ferries (Orkney, Scotland)
  • Polferries (the Baltic Sea)
  • Red Funnel (Isle of Wight to mainland England.)
  • Royal Borough of Greenwich (Woolwich Ferry across the River Thames)
  • Saremar (Italy)
  • Scandlines (Baltic Sea)
  • Shetland Islands Council (internal Shetland islands)
  • Silja Line (Finland to Sweden)
  • Siremar (Italy)
  • Smyril Line (North Sea and the North Atlantic)
  • SNAV (Italy and the Mediterranean)
  • Stena Line (North Sea, Irish Sea, Baltic Sea)
  • Strandfaraskip Landsins (within the Faroe Islands)
  • Superfast Ferries (Athens; Adriatic)
  • Tallink (the Baltic Sea)
  • TESO (Den Helder to Texel, Netherlands)
  • Thames Clippers (services on the River Thames including Canary Wharf - Rotherhithe Ferry)
  • Tirrenia di Navigazione (Italy)
  • Transtejo & Soflusa (Lisbon, Portugal)
  • Trasmediterránea<r[6] -Naviera Armas Trasmediterránea group<r[7] (mainland Spain to Balearics, Canary Islands, Algeria and Morocco)
  • Toremar (Italy)
  • Torghatten Trafikkselskap (Norway)
  • TS Laevad (Estonia)
  • TT-Line (Germany and Poland to Sweden)
  • Unity Line (Świnoujście to Ystad and Świnoujście to Trelleborg)
  • Venezia Lines (Italy to Croatia and Slovenia)
  • Ventouris Ferries (Italy to Greece)
  • Viking Line (the Baltic Sea)
  • Wasaline (Finland to Sweden)
  • Waxholmsbolaget (Stockholm, Sweden)
  • Western Ferries (Clyde) Ltd (Firth of Clyde)
  • Weiße Flotte (Stralsund) (Germany)
  • Wightlink (Isle of Wight to mainland England)<r[8]
  • Zürichsee-Fähre Horgen-Meilen (Lake Zurich, Switzerland)

North America

In addition, a private operator runs a ferry across the Current River in Missouri, at Akers Ferry crossing in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways.

  • Alaska Marine Highway System (ports across Alaska as well as Prince Rupert, British Columbia and Bellingham, Washington)
  • Anderson Ferry (Cincinnati, Ohio) (goes across the Ohio River to allow Ohio residents quick access to Kentucky and vice versa)
  • Arctic Umiaq Line (coastal ferry along the western coast of Greenland)
  • Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (operates one ferry across Bull Shoals Lake)
  • Augusta Ferry (service between Higginsport, Ohio, and Augusta, Kentucky)
  • Baja Ferries (Mexico)
  • 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)
  • Block Island Express (New London, Connecticut, to Block Island, Rhode Island)
  • Blue and Gold Fleet (connects San Francisco with Sausalito, Tiburon, Angel Island, Oakland, Alameda, and Vallejo) (San Francisco, California)
  • Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Ferry (Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Port Jefferson, New York)
  • California Department of Transportation operates the Howard Landing Ferry on the California Delta
  • Clackamas County, Oregon (Canby Ferry) Cable pulled ferry across the Willamette River in the vicinity of Canby, Oregon<r[9]
  • Cape May–Lewes Ferry (service between Cape May County, New Jersey, and Lewes, Delaware, across the Delaware Bay)
  • Casco Bay Lines (service between Portland, Maine, and the Islands of Casco Bay)
  • Cave-In-Rock Ferry (service between Cave-In-Rock, Illinois, and rural Crittenden County, Kentucky)
  • Chester-Hadlyme ferry (seasonal ferry operating on the Connecticut River)
  • Cross Sound Ferry (New London, Connecticut, to Orient, New York)<r[10]
  • Delaware State Parks runs ferry services to Pea Patch Island State Park from Delaware City, Delaware, and Fort Mott (New Jersey)
  • Diskoline (domestic passenger-only ferries in the Disko Bay area in Greenland; summer services only due to sea ice in winter)
  • Fire Island Ferries (service between Bay Shore, New York, and Fire Island, New York, across the Great South Bay)<r[11]
  • 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)
  • Hatton Ferry (James River, Virginia)
  • Hornblower Cruises (San Francisco)
  • Inter-Island Ferry Authority (five Southeast Alaskan communities)
  • Jacksonville Water Taxi (Jacksonville, Florida)
  • Jet Express (U.S. Lake Erie Islands)<r[12]
  • Lake Champlain Transportation Company (on Lake Champlain in the United States)
  • Lake Express (on Lake Michigan)
  • Lake Michigan Carferry (operates the SS Badger)
  • Liberty Water Taxi (Jersey City, New Jersey)
  • Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LDOTD)
  • Mackinac Island Ferry Company (formerly Star Line) (access to Mackinac Island, Michigan from St. Ignace and Mackinaw City)
  • Marine Atlantic (Atlantic Canada)
  • MBTA ferry (Boston)
  • Metro Transit (public transit routes in Halifax, Nova Scotia)
  • Millersburg Ferry (Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania, between Millerburg and Liverpool, Pennsylvania)<r[13]
  • NYC Ferry (New York City)
  • 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, Tobermory, Ontario
  • Oxford–Bellevue Ferry (Talbot County, Maryland)<r[14]
  • Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana<r[15]
  • RiverLink Ferry (between Philadelphia and Camden, New Jersey across the Delaware River)
  • Rocky Hill-Glastonbury ferry (seasonal ferry operating on the Connecticut River)
  • Savannah Belles Ferry (Savannah, Georgia)
  • Shepler's Ferry (access to Mackinac Island, Michigan from St. Ignace and Mackinaw City)
  • Sistersville Ferry (crosses the Ohio River between Sistersville, West Virginia and the unincorporated community of Fly, Ohio)
  • Société des traversiers du Québec (Quebec, Canada)<r[16]
  • Staten Island Ferry (New York City)
  • The Steamship Authority (Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts)
  • Texas Department of Transportation (operates two ferries, one at Galveston, Texas, and the other at Port Aransas, Texas)
  • Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division (operate three Toronto Island ferries)
  • Toronto Port Authority (operate one island airport ferry)
  • Utah Department of Transportation/UDOT operates the Charles Hall Ferry across Lake Powell connecting UT 276 inside Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
  • Valley View Ferry (connects Jessamine County and Lexington, Kentucky, with Madison County via SR 169 at the Kentucky River)
  • VDOT provides free car ferry services in Southern Virginia, including the Jamestown Ferry
  • Washington State Ferries (northwest US)
  • White's Ferry, a cable ferry between Maryland and Virginia
  • Woodland Ferry, cable ferry located in western Sussex County, Delaware, spanning the Nanticoke River at Woodland, Delaware, west of the city of Seaford

Oceania

  • Australian National Line
  • Bluebridge (connects North Island and South Island in New Zealand)
  • Captain Cook Cruises, Australia
  • Captain Cook Cruises Western Australia
  • Central Coast Ferries
  • Church Point Ferry
  • Cronulla & National Park Ferry Cruises
  • Fullers Ferries (Waitemata Harbour and inner Hauraki Gulf ferry service)
  • Hawkesbury River Ferries
  • Hobart Historic Cruises (River Derwent)
  • Interisland Line (connects North Island and South Island in New Zealand)
  • Kangaroo Island SeaLink (mainland South Australia to Kangaroo Island)
  • Kelsian Group (Great Barrier Island ferry service)
  • Matilda Cruises
  • Manly Fast Ferry
  • Mona (River Derwent)
  • Newcastle Transport
  • Peninsula Searoad Transport (crossing Port Phillip)
  • Pennicott Wilderness Journeys (River Derwent, Bruny Island, Port Arthur-Eaglehawk Neck)
  • Peppermint Bay Cruises (River Derwent)
  • Port Arthur Historic Site)
  • RiverCity Ferries
  • Searoad Ferries (Ro/Ro ferries across Bass Strait)
  • Spirit of Tasmania (Ro/Pax ferries connecting Tasmania to Victoria)
  • Strait Link
  • Sydney Ferries (Sydney, Australia)
  • Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company
  • Transdev Sydney Ferries
  • Transport for NSW (various inland crossings)

South America

  • Conferry (connects Isla Margarita to mainland Venezuela)
  • Ferries that connect Colonia, Uruguay and Montevideo, Uruguay to Buenos Aires, Argentina:
  • Buquebus
  • Colonia Express
  • Navimag (Chile)
  • Transbordadora Austral Broom S.A. (Chile)

See also

References

  1. KFS raises ferry charges at Likoni Channel Business Daily Africa, 15 February 2018, retrieved 10 September 2025^
  2. DFDS Seaways DFDS Seaways, retrieved 2010-07-13^
  3. Finnlines routes ferryroutes.com, retrieved 10 September 2025^
  4. Naviera Armas^
  5. Íñigo de Barrón. Acciona vende Trasmediterránea a la Naviera Armas por 388 millones El País, 25 October 2017^
  6. Trasmediterranea^
  7. Íñigo de Barrón. Acciona vende Trasmediterránea a la Naviera Armas por 388 millones El País, 25 October 2017^
  8. Wight Link Ferries Freightlink Solutions, retrieved 2014-04-22^
  9. Canby Ferry Clackamas County, retrieved 2010-04-09^
  10. CSF www.longislandferry.com, retrieved 2018-08-20^
  11. Fire Island Ferries Fire Island Ferries, retrieved 2010-04-09^
  12. Jet Express Put-in-Bay Boat Line, retrieved 2010-04-09^
  13. Millersburg Ferry^
  14. Oxford-Bellevue Ferry Oxford-Bellevue Ferry, retrieved 2010-04-09^
  15. Ferry plaqueminesparish.com, retrieved 2018-08-20^
  16. Société des traversiers du Québec^