List of HSC ferry routes
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This is a List of high-speed craft ferry routes.
Many routes are operated by catamarans, as catamarans are a faster craft than a similar sized monohulls. In the 1990s monohull HSCs with capacity for cars and busses have taken over many routes.
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[edit] Catamarans
[edit] Europe
- SpeedOne operated by SpeedFerries, running between Dover, UK and Boulogne, France
- Stena Line HSS class 1500 (High-speed Sea Service)
- Stena Voyager - Stranraer to Belfast
- Stena Explorer - Holyhead to Dún Laoghaire, Republic of Ireland
- Stena Line HSS class 900 (High-speed Sea Service)
- Stena Carisma (Stena Line Express) - Gothenburg, Sweden to Frederikshavn, Denmark
- Stena Line (Incat 81m catamaran)
- Stena Lynx 3 - Fishguard, UK to Rosslare, Republic of Ireland
- Jonathan Swift operated by Irish Ferries between Dublin, Republic of Ireland and Holyhead, United Kingdom
- Condor Ferries - United Kingdom to the Channel Islands and France.
- Condor Express
- Condor Vitesse
- Condor 10
- Brittany Ferries - UK to France
- Normandie Express - Portsmouth to Cherbourg and Caen
- Normandie Vitesse - Poole to Cherbourg
- Bornholmstrafikken - Denmark to Sweden
- P&O Express, P&O Irish Sea running between Troon, Scotland or Cairnryan, Scotland and Larne, Northern Ireland.
- Red Funnel - Southampton, United Kingdom to Cowes, Isle of Wight.
- Red Jet 1, Red Jet 2, Red Jet 3 and Red Jet 4. All passenger-only catamarans.
- Wightlink - Portsmouth, United Kingdom to Ryde, Isle of Wight.
- Our Lady Pamela, FastCat Shanklin and FastCat Ryde. All passenger-only catamarans.
- Manche Iles Express - France to the Channel Islands.
- A fair number of high-speed catamarans are used as ferries from Piraeus to various islands of the Aegean Sea, including Crete. See for example Highspeed run by company Hellenic Seaways [1].
- Catamaran service between Malta and Pozzallo in Sicily operated by Virtu Ferries
Pentland Ferries - Gills bay, Scotland to St. Margarets Hope in Orkney
[edit] Americas
- Vineyard Fast Ferry operates high-speed service between Quonset Point, North Kingstown, RI and Martha's Vineyard with the Millennium, a 400 passenger high-speed catamaran with service speed of 35 knots.
- The Victoria Clipper IV of Clipper Navigation, Inc. provides ferry service between Victoria and Seattle.
- Arnold Transit Company provides passenger service to Mackinac Island with its fleet of 3 high speed catamarans.
- Catalina Express provides daily service to Catalina Island from San Pedro, Long Beach, California and Dana Point, California.
- Catalina Flyer out of Newport Beach, California is a 500 passenger high-speed catamaran to and from Avalon, California on Santa Catalina Island.
- Lake Express running between Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Muskegon, Michigan
- The Cat, a high speed car ferry running various routes between Canada's Atlantic provinces and the mainland, which includes a line between Portland, Maine in the United States and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in Canada.
- Key West Express operated in the US state of Florida by Key West Express, running between Ft. Myers, Marco Island and Key West.
- The Jet Express Fleet A fleet of three high speed water-jet powered catamarans serving Lake Erie Islands South Bass and Kelleys' from Port Clinton and Sandusky, OH.
- Catamaran service between Seattle and Bremerton onboard the Rachel Marie with the Kitsap Ferry Company
- SeaBus ferries linking North Vancouver and Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia.
- CNM Evolution, high-speed passenger & vehicle built in owners yard in Matane Quebec at world's competitives pricescatamaran that travels between Rimouski, Quebec, Canada and Forestville, Quebec, Canada. The ferry travels across the St. Lawrence River, and can accommodate 175 passengers, 30 vehicles while travelling at speeds up to 30 nautical miles per hour. The boat was built in Norway and has 2 2,800 hp engines. The ferry service is operated by Traverse Rimouski-Forestville.
- Aqualink catamaran ferry between Alamitos Bay and Long Beach Harbor in Long Beach, USA.
- Baylink catamaran ferry between Vallejo and San Francisco.
- Conferry provides service between Puerto La Cruz and Margarita Island in Venezuela with its fleet of 2 HSC's, "Carmen Ernestina" and "Lilia Concepción".
[edit] Asia, Oceania
- SSTH Ocean Arrow
- FoilCat, FlyingCat and Tricat operated by Turbojet Ferry, running between Hong Kong and Macau.
- CityCats, ferries running along the Brisbane River in Queensland, Australia.
- Multiple companies offering HSC services to the 11 most populated islands in the Philippines
- Tangalooma express a high speed resort transfer vessel in Brisbane Queensland which is capable of 35 Knots
[edit] Africa
- The Sikhululekile ferry commissioned and operated by Robben Island Museum runs between Robben Island and Cape Town ferrying visitors to and from the island. The fast ferry is based on an existing design by Damen Shipyards in Holland and is the first vessel of its kind to be built and operated in Southern Africa.
[edit] Monohull HSCs
[edit] Hydrofoils
- Further information: Hydrofoil#Current operation
