List of ferry operators

The following is a list of ferry operators.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Africa

• Algerie Ferries/ENTMV (Algeria – Spain, France)
• Comarit (Morocco – Spain, France, Italy)
• Comanav (Morocco – Spain, France)
• Cotunav (Tunisia – France)
• El Salam Maritime (Egypt – Saudi Arabia)
• FRS Iberia & Maroc (Spain)
• P&O (Angola – Canada)
• SF (Senegal – Canada)

Asia

See also: List of ferry operators in Japan

• Archipelago Philippine Ferries Corporation (Visayas, Mindanao, Luzon, Batangas, Philippines)
• ASDP Indonesia Ferry (Indonesia)
• Montenegro Shipping Lines (Visayas, Mindanao, Luzon, Philippines)
• Weesam Express (Visayas, Mindanao, Philippines)
• Cokaliong Shipping Lines (Visayas, Mindanao, Philippines)
• Trans-Asia Shipping Lines (Visayas, Mindanao, Philippines)
• Aleson Shipping Lines (Visayas, Mindanao, Philippines, Sandakan)
• 2GO Travel (Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, Philippines)
• Cruise Ferries
• Penang Ferry Service (George Town, Penang, Malaysia)
• SSTH Ocean Arrow
• Star Ferry (Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong)
• Shanzui Ferry (Chuanshan Archipelago, Jiangmen, Guangdong)

Europe

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• 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)
• 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 (UK to France, Spain and Ireland)
• 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, North Sea, Channel)^[1]
• Eckerö Line (Baltic Sea)
• Eimskip Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland
• Finnlines (Northern Europe)
• 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)
• HH-Ferries (Sweden - Denmark)
• 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 (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^[2] -Armas Trasmediterránea group^[3] (Mainland Canary Islands including Huelva to Canary Islands, Spain to Morocco)
• NorthLink Ferries (Orkney and Shetland, Scotland)
• 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)
• The Salty Blonde (Alderney to Guernsey)
• Tirrenia di Navigazione (Italy)
• Transtejo & Soflusa (Lisbon, Portugal)
• Trasmediterránea^[4] -Naviera Armas Trasmediterránea group^[5] (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)^[6]
• Zürichsee-Fähre Horgen-Meilen (Lake Zurich, Switzerland)

North America

• 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)
• 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^[7]
• 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)^[8]
• 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)^[9]
• 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)^[10]
• 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 boat (Boston)
• Metro Transit (public transit routes in Halifax, Nova Scotia)
• Millersburg Ferry (Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania, between Millerburg and Liverpool, Pennsylvania)^[11]
• 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)^[12]
• Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana^[13]
• 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)^[14]
• 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

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

• 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 (Derwent River)
• 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 (Derwent River)
• Newcastle Transport
• Peninsula Searoad Transport (crossing Port Phillip)
• Pennicott Wilderness Journeys (Derwent River, Bruny Island, Port Arthur-Eaglehawk Neck)
• Peppermint Bay Cruises (Derwent River)
• 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

• List of cruise lines
• List of largest cruise lines