List of HSC ferry routes
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 buses have taken over many routes.
Catamarans
Europe
- BornholmerFærgen - Denmark to Sweden
- Stena Line HSS class 1500 (High-speed Sea Service)
- Stena Line HSS class 900 (High-speed Sea Service)
- Stena Line (Incat 81 m catamaran)
- 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.
- Brittany Ferries - UK to France
- 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.
- Isle of Man Steam Packet Company - Douglas to Liverpool, Belfast and Dublin
- Wightlink - Portsmouth, United Kingdom to Ryde, Isle of Wight.
- Our Lady Pamela, Wight Ryder 1, Wight Ryder 2, FastCat Shanklin and FastCat Ryde. All passenger-only catamarans.
- Manche Iles Express - France to the Channel Islands.
- A 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
Americas
- SeaStreak operates a high speed ferry service with four 400 passenger catamarans and one 149 passenger catamaran between Central New Jersey and Manhattan. From April to November they offer trips from Central New Jersey to New Bedford, Massachusetts and Martha's Vineyard on two 149 passenger boats.
- MBTA Harbor Express operates two 149-passenger catamarans connecting Quincy, MA and Hull, MA with Downtown Boston and Logan Airport.
- Interstate Navigation operates the Athena between Point Judith, RI and Block Island, RI.
- The Salem Ferry connects Salem, MA and Downtown Boston in 45 minutes, sailing at over 30 knots (56 km/h).
- 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 (65 km/h).
- 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.
- New England Fast Ferry- Operates between New Bedford MA, and Vineyard Haven and Oak Bluffs on the Island of Martha's Vineyard. nefastferry.com
- The Jet Express Fleet A fleet of four 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 catamaran 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 (56 km) 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".
- The T&T Express and the T&T Spirit, both owned by the Trinidad and Tobago government, are two HSCs that provide a daily ferry service between Trinidad and Tobago.
Asia, Oceania
- SSTH Ocean Arrow
- FoilCat, FlyingCat and Tricat operated by Turbojet Ferry, running between Hong Kong and Macau. (Turbojet also operates a fleet of hydrofoils, mainly Boeing Jetfoil. FoilCat is in fact a hybrid of hydrofoil and catamaran.)
- CityCats, ferries running along the Brisbane River in Queensland, Australia.
- Fantome Cat, Reef Cat, and Sunbird, operated by Sunferries, running between Townsville, Queensland, Australia, and Magnetic Island.
- Fantasea catamaran ferries operating from Shute Harbour, Queensland to Hamilton Island, Hamilton Island Airport, Lindeman Island, Whitehaven Beach and Reefworld on the Great Barrier Reef
- 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 (65 km/h)
Africa
Monohull HSCs
Hydrofoils