List of ferry operators

The following is a list of ferry operators.

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Asia

• Cebu Ferries (Cebu, Philippines)
• Cruise Ferries
• Negros Navigation (Manila, Philippines)
• Penang Ferry Service (George Town, Penang, Malaysia)
• SSTH Ocean Arrow
• Indonesia Ferry (Persero) Jakarta, Indonesia
• PT Dharma Lautan Utama (Surabaya, Indonesia)
• Star Ferry (Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong)
• SuperFerry (Manila, Philippines)
• BatamFast Ferry (Singapore, Batam, Bintan)
• Sindo Ferry (Singapore, Batam, Bintan)
• Berlian Ferries (Singapore, Batam)
• Bintan Resort Ferries (Singapore, Bintan)
• Mozaic Ferry (Singapore, Bintan)
• Horizon Fast Ferry (Singapore, Batam)
• Pacific Ferry (Singapore, Batam)
• IndoFalcon Shipping (Singapore, Batam)

Europe

• Acciona Trasmediterránea (mainland Spain to Balearics, Canary Islands, Algeria and Morocco)
• Adria Ferries (Italy to Albania)
• Aegean Speed Lines (Greece)
• AG EMS (Wadden Sea, both between the Netherlands and (in) Germany)
• Ålandstrafiken (mainland Finland to Åland Islands)
• Alstrafikken (Denmark domestic)
• Algérie Ferries (Algeria to Spain and France)
• Amey plc (Windermere Ferry)
• Ånedinlinjen (Sweden to Åland Islands)
• ANEK Lines (Italy to Greece)
• Argyll and Bute Council, (Firth of Lorne and Loch Linnhe)
• Atlanticoline (Azores Islands in Portugal)
• Baleària (Mainland Spain to Balearics and Morocco)
• Blue Line International (Italy to Croatia)
• Blue Star Ferries (Greece, Aegean Islands)
• Bluvia (Italy)
• Bodrum Express Lines (Greece to Turkey)
• BornholmerFærgen (to Denmark, Germany and Sweden)
• Bournemouth – Swanage Motor Road and Ferry Company (Sandbanks Ferry, Poole Harbour)
• 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)
• Celtic Link Ferries (Ireland – France), (Portsmouth-Cherbourg)
• Color Line (Norway to Denmark, Germany and Sweden)
• Compagnie Corsaire (St. Malo – Jersey, Channel Islands)
• Condor Ferries (Channel Islands, UK)
• Corsica Ferries-Sardinia Ferries (Italy and France to Corsica and Sardinia)
• Cromarty Ferry Company (Scotland)
• Destination Gotland (Swedish mainland to Gotland)
• DFDS Seaways (Baltic Sea, North Sea, Channel)^[1]
• Dodekanisos Seaways (Greece)
• Eckerö Line (Baltic Sea)
• Eckerölinjen (Sweden to Aland Islands)
• Eimskip Vestmannaeyjar,Iceland
• EneRmaR (Italy)
• Erturk Lines (Turkey to Greece)
• Exe to Sea Cruises (Exmouth to Starcross Ferry)
• Finnlines (Northern Europe)
• Fjärdvägen (Finland domestic)
• Fjord1 Nordvestlandske (Norway)
• Fjord Line (Denmark to Norway)
• Fosen Trafikklag (Norway)
• Francis Spencer (Hammerton's Ferry across the River Thames)
• Fred. Olsen Express (Balearics)
• FRS Iberia S.L. (Spain to Morocco)
• Grandi Navi Veloci (Italy - Med)
• Grimaldi Lines (Italy - Med)
• Gosport Ferry Company Ltd (Gosport to Portsmouth)
• Golden Star Ferries (Greece domestic)
• Hellenic Seaways (Greece)
• HH-Ferries (Sweden - Denmark)
• Highland Regional Council (Corran Ferry – Loch Linnhe)
• Hovertravel (Hovercraft from UK mainland to Isle of Wight)
• Hurtigruten (Norway domestic)
• İdo (Turkey domestic)
• Inter Shipping (Spain to Morocco)
• Ionian Ferries (Greece)
• Irish Ferries (Irish Sea, Celtic Sea)
• Iscomar (Balearics)
• Isle of Man Steam Packet (Isle of Man, Irish Sea)
• Isle of Skye Ferry Community Interest Company (Scotland)
• Isle of Wight Council (Cowes Floating Bridge)
• Isles of Scilly Steamship Company (English mainland to Isles of Scilly)
• Jadrolinija (Croatia domestic, Croatia to Italy)
• King Harry Steam Ferry Company Ltd (River Fal)
• La Meridionale (France – Corsica & Sardinia)
• Lane Sea Lines (Greece domestic)
• Langelandsfaergen (Domestic Denmark)
• Laziomar (Italy)
• LD Lines (England/France - Spain)
• Linda Lines (Estonia – Finland)
• Royal Borough of Greenwich (Woolwich Ferry across the River Thames)
• Manche Iles Express (France – Channel Islands)^[2]
• Maregiglio (Italy)
• Meander Travel (Turkey to Greece - Ferry from Kusadasi to Samos, Patmos/Greece)^[3]
• Medmar (Italy)
• Merseytravel (Mersey Ferry)
• Minoan Lines (Italy to Greece)
• Montenegro Lines (Italy to Montenegro)
• Moby Lines (Italy and the Mediterranean)
• Namsos Trafikkselskap (Norway)
• Naviera Armas Mainland Spain including Huelva to Canary Islands, Spain to Morocco
• Nel Lines (Greece)
• NorthLink Ferries (Orkney and Shetland, Scotland)
• Number Seven Boat Trips (in Bristol Harbour)
• Orkney Ferries (Orkney, Scotland)
• P&O Irish Sea (Irish sea)
• P&O Ferries (United Kingdom to France; Netherlands, Belgium and Spain)
• Pentland Ferries (Orkney, Scotland)
• Polferries (the Baltic Sea)
• Rapska Plovidba (Island of Rab to mainland, Croatia)
• Red Funnel (Isle of Wight to mainland England.)
• Rederij Doeksen (Netherlands domestic)
• Saaremaa Shipping Company (Estonia to Saaremaa and Hiiumaa)
• Samsofaergen (Domestic Denmark)
• Saremar (Italy)
• Scandlines (Baltic Sea)
• Shetland Islands Council (internal Shetland islands)
• Silja Line (Finland to Sweden)
• Siremar (Italy)
• Smyril Line (North Sea & the North Atlantic)
• SNAV (Italy and the Mediterranean)
• SNCM (France and the Mediterranean)
• Split Tours (Croatia)
• Strandfaraskip Landsins (within the Faroe Islands)
• Stena Line (North Sea, Irish Sea, Baltic Sea)
• Stena Sealine (Black Sea)
• Superfast Ferries (Athens; Adriatic)
• Tallink (the Baltic Sea)
• Teign Ferry Ltd (Teignmouth to Shaldon, across the Teign Estuary)
• TESO (Den Helder to Texel, Netherlands)
• Thames Clippers (services on the River Thames including Canary Wharf - Rotherhithe Ferry)
• Tirrenia di Navigazione (Italy)
• Transmaçor (Azores Islands in Portugal)
• Transtejo & Soflusa (Lisbon in Portugal)
• Torghatten Trafikkselskap (Norway)
• Toremar (Italy)
• TT-Line (Germany to Sweden)
• Unity Line (Świnoujście to Ystad and Świnoujście to Trelleborg)
• Ustica Line (Italy Islands)
• UKR Ferry (Black Sea)
• Venezia Lines (Italy to Croatia)
• Ventrafiken (Sweden domestic, Island of Ven to mainland)
• Ventouris Ferries (Italy to Greece)
• Viking Line (the Baltic Sea)
• Virtu Ferries (Sicily to Malta)
• Wagenborg (Wadden Sea ferries in The Netherlands)
• Wasa Line (Sweden to Finland)
• Waxholmsbolaget (Stockholm, Sweden)
• Western Ferries (Clyde) Ltd (Firth of Clyde)
• Wightlink (Isle of Wight to mainland England.)^[4]
• Wyker Dampfschiffahrts-Reederei (WDR) (Northfrisian Islands)
• Zegluga Gdańska (Gdańsk Bay)
• 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)
• Baja Ferries (Baja California Sur – Sinaloa, Mexico.)^[5]
• 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 Ferry (Point Judith to Block Island, Rhode Island)
• Blue and Gold Fleet (connects San Francisco with Sausalito, Tiburon, Angel Island, Oakland, Alameda, and Vallejo) (San Francisco, California)
• 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^[6]
• Connecticut Department of Transportation (Operates two car ferries across the Connecticut River)
• Diskoline (domestic passenger-only ferries in the Disko Bay area in Greenland. Summer services only due to sea ice in winter)
• Ferry Santa Rosalia (Baja California Sur – Sonora, Mexico)^[7]
• Fire Island Ferries (Service between Bay Shore, New York and Fire Island, New York across the Great South Bay)^[8]
• 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)^[9]
• Kelleys Island Ferry (Lake Erie, to Kelleys Island, Ohio)^[10]
• 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)^[11]
• Millersburg Ferry (Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania, between Millerburg and Liverpool, PA
• 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)^[12]
• Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
• Plymouth-to-Provincetown Express Ferry ( Plymouth, Massachusetts and Provincetown, Massachusetts )
• RiverLink Ferry (Between Philadelphia and Camden, New Jersey across the Delaware River)
• Société des traversiers du Québec (Quebec, Canada)
• 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

• ANL (Formally Tasmania to main-land Australia)
• Bluebridge (connects North Island and South Island in New Zealand)
• Brisbane CityCat & CityFerry (Brisbane, Australia)
• Gold Coast Ferry Service
• 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 Maritime Services (various inland crossings)
• Peninsula Searoad Transport (Crossing Port Phillip)
• Searoad Shipping (Ro/Ro ferries across Bass Strait)
• Sydney Ferries (Sydney, Australia)
• Toll Shipping (Former owner of Interisland Line, now Ro/Ro ferries across Bass Strait)
• TT-Line Company (Ro/Pax ferries connecting Tasmania to Victoria)
• Fullers Ferries (Waitemata Harbour and inner Hauraki Gulf ferry service)
• SeaLink Travel Group (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, Uruguay and Montevideo, Uruguay to Buenos Aires, Argentina:
  • Buquebus
  • Colonia Express
  • La Cacciola
  • Ferrylineas
• Chile:
  • Navimag
  • Transmarchilay
  • Naviera Rio Cisnes
  • Naviera Austral
  • Transbordadora Austral Broom S.A.
  • Transbordadores Cruz del Sur
• Brazil
  • Barcas S.A.

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)

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