FERRY BOOKINGS.
Travel by ferry is an invitation to the dream, full of charm and very attractive : speed of the crossing, minicruise, choice of accommodation recommended for a stay or a weekend (city cruise), discount of 50 % generally for the holders of the Interrail card. There are five types of ships : ferries for short crossings of straits, lakes or rivers, traditional ferries which cruise at 40 km/h approximately, passenger ships between the traditional ferry and the cargo, traditional high speed ships (NTGV) which cruise at 55 km/h and ships (NGV) which cruise at 80 km/h. Belvedair suggests you two ways of booking : either by the travel agency Aferry (see below) or by the maritime companies (see the map).

Book with the maritime companies of :
- Mediterranean Sea
- English Channel
- Atlantic Ocean and North Sea
- Baltic Sea


             BOOK   in Europe with Aferry
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Aferry , the leader booking agency of ferries in Europe, gathers crossings of more than 60 companies : Acciona Trasmediterranea Ferries, Algerie Ferries, Anek Lines, Anen, AT Ferries, Balear Express Ferry, Balearia Ferry, Blue Star Ferries, Brittany Ferries, Buquebus Espana Ferry, Caledonian Macbrayne (Cal mac Ferry), Celtic Link Ferries, CMN Ferries, Color Line Ferry, Comanav Ferry, Comarit Ferry, Condor Feries, Corsica Ferries, CTN Tunisia Ferries, DFDS Seaways, Enermar & DiMaio Lines Ferries, EuroFerrys Ferry, Eurostar, Ferrimaroc Ferry, Fjordline Ferries, Fred Olsen Ferries, GLD Lines Grimaldi Louis Dreyfus, Grandi Navi Veloci, Grimaldi Ferries Prestige, HD Ferries, Hellenic Mediterranean Lines, Hoverspeed, Irish Ferries, Iscomar Ferries, Isle of Man Steam packet Ferry, LD Lines, Minoan Lines, Moby Lines Ferries, Nautas Al Maghreb Ferry, Norfolkline Ferries, Norse Merchant Ferries, Northlink Ferries, P & O Ferries, Pentland Ferries, Red Funnel Ferries, Roditis Ferry, Sardinia Ferries, Scandlines Ferries, Seacat Ferry, SeaFrance Ferries, Silja Line, SNAV, SNCM Ferries, SpeedFerries, Stena Line Ferries, Superfast Ferries, Swansea Cork Ferries, Symril Line Ferries, Tallink Ferries, Tirrenia Ferries, Transeuropa Ferries, Transmanche Ferries, TT-Line Ferries, Venezia Lines, Ventouris Ferries, Viking Line, Wightlink Ferries. The agency Aferry proposes to compare the best fares and discounts as to buy tickets with a fast security payment. When you book with Aferry.fr, you receive tickets by email. The tickets provide information such as the address of the port, the boarding time and the name of the maritime company. The email contains also a reference number. At the office of the port, you will only have to present your papers and the booking number. Then you will receive your ticket or your boarding card.
 

FERRIES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Algerie ferries, algerian public company also called ENTMV, operates lines between Marseilles and Algiers, Oran, Alicante, Bejaia, Skikda and Annaba. From Oran, it also links Alicante to Almeria. Lastly, it joins Algiers to Alicante. Some crossings are carried out in partnership with SNCM, as the line Almeria-Oran with the high speed ship (NGV) Asco and the line Marseilles-Skikda by the ferry Corsica.

Azzura Line, maritime company which operates lines between Bari in Italy, Dubrovnik in Croatia, Cattaro in Montenegro and Durazzo in Albania. The site allows the booking of tickets.
 
Blue Line Ferries, maritime company which cruises between Ancona in Italy, Split, the islands of Hvar and Vis, in Croatia. The site allows tickets booking.
 
Jadrolinija, croatian national company, operates crossings between Italy and Croatia (Ancona-Split) and also between the continental coast and islands of the national archipelago.
 
SNAV, italian company of high speed ferries, takes on board its passengers for crossings towards italian islands with Aliscafi and SiciliaJet and for croatian coasts with its two catamaransCroaziaJet and Aldebaran. Snav joins Ancona to Split in 4 hours, instead of the double time for a traditional ship. The website shows schedules and fares.
 
Venezia Lines, venetian company, links with its fast catamarans the city of the Doges to ports of the istrian coast in Croatia : Umag, Porec, Rovinj, Pula and Mali Lošinj. They are in service during the high season from April and, for Pula, from July. The passengers which disembark in Venice can easily visit the city with a twelve hours free pass to take the vaporetto. The site allows tickets booking .

Compagnie Meridionale de Navigation, based in Marseilles, links the phocean capital to Ajaccio, Bastia and Propriano, in Corsica and Porto Torres in Sardinia. It operates also four crossings per week between Propriano and Porto Torres. The CMN occupies an original positioning with three ships of average capacity, wich offer peaceful crossings with corsican music, a swimming pool, shops, large promenade decks, a discotheque and a cinema. CMN propose a cooking of quality prepared with fresh products. The website presents schedules, fares and discounts. It allows a booking throurgh the company SNCM. The passenger receives a ticket by email, which it is enough to present the day of the departure to receive the card of boarding.
 
Corsica Ferries-Sardinia Ferries , maritime sardinian-corsican company, leader for passengers crossings towards Corsica, links Corsica and Sardinia from France and Italy. The crossings are daily on the lines Toulon-Bastia, Toulon-Ajaccio, Nice-Bastia, Nice-Ajaccio and Nice-Calvi. Its fleet of twelve ships counts three fast ferries called "NTGV" (Traditional Ship at High Speed), halfway between the traditional ferry and the fast ship (NGV). These Mega Express train I, II and III, equipped with swimming pools, cruise by any time at 52 km/h to connect in 5.30 hours Ajaccio from Toulon, but also Bastia and Ajaccio from Nice and Sardinia from Italy. During the night crossings, the ships become cruise-ferry with their 400 cabins. Corsica Ferries is recognized for the quality of its services towards passengers. The booking is possible on the website. The electronic mail of confirmation has value of travel document. The site presents also discounts. Corsica-Sardinia Ferries proposes a large choice of stays or weekend, which one discovers on its travel gateaway Vivacorsica.com. The customers can arrange their stay by booking transport (ferry, plane or car), hotel or villa, and can buy corsican gastronomic products even there.
 
Les Embiez, links the island of Embiez from Le Brusc. The website shows the schedules and the fares of crossings which take 10 minutes.
 
Moby , italian private company, links Corsica from Genoa to Livorno in Tuscany. It also operates the crossing Corsica-Sardinia between Bonifacio and Santa Teresa di Gallura. On the Genoa-Bastia line, the fast boats (NGV) Moby Wonder and Moby Freedom cruise in 4.30 hours. Moby practises low cost prices, for some crossings with a free transport for the car.
 
SNCM , Société Nationale Maritime Corse Méditerranée based in Marseilles, operates the crossings towards Corsica, Sardinia, Algeria and Tunisia. SNCM has five ferries traditional, of which Napoleon Bonaparte and Danielle Casanova, four cargo and passenger vessels, of which the Pascal Paoli, and an high speed ferry (NGV), called Liamone, which links at 80 km/h Nice to Ajaccio (4 hours), but also Calvi to L'Ile-Rousse (3 hours). SNCM proposes to its frequent customers, corsican families and residents, discount fares and to the others, "Plein Soleil" fares applicable to vehicles and motorhomes. The ferry "Corse" which cruises between Nice and L'Ile-Rousse proposes the lowest fares of the company, ideal to spend one weekend in Balagne. The SNCM also programs twelve mini-cruises in middle of the week before and after the season, on board of the ships Napoleon-Bonaparte and Danielle Casanova. The privileged destinations are Ajaccio, Barcelona, Florence, Rome and Naples. It is also possible de book a mediterranean holiday resort with maritime crossings trough its tour operator, Ferrytour Vacances.
 
TLV-Transport Vision des Mers, alliance of two companies of Hyeres, operates crossings from the Toulon's coasts towards the Gold islands : Porquerolles, Port-Cros and Levant island. Passengers embark from the port of Hyeres or from La Tour-Fondue, at the end of the Giens peninsula. The website shows fares and schedules. It is possible to make a pre-reservation.

Aegean Speed Lines, greek company, which links Piraeus to the western Cyclades. The website shows schedules and fares of the lines .
 
ANEK Lines, cretan maritime company, cruises on lines Italy-Greece and Greece-Crete. The crossings Ancona-lgoumenitsa and Ancona-Patras are particularly operate by two fast and comfortable ships,Olympic Champion and Olympic Spirit. On the Greek interior lines, ANEK Lines proposes many discounts for some categories (young people, young married, family, retired people).
 
Blue Star Ferries, subsidiary company as Superfast of the greek group Attica, operates Italy-Greece crossings from Venice, Brindisi and Ancona. Blue Star Ferries also links the Greek islands towards Piraeus.
 
Dane Sea Line, company of the Greek islands.
 
Fragline Ferries, greek company, operates crossings between Brindisi in Italy, and Corfou or Igoumenitsa in Greece, with its ship Ouranos.
 
Hellenic Seaways, the most important greek company of ferries, operates lines towards Sporades, Saronic islands, Cyclades, Samos, Ikaria, Crete, Chios and Mytilene, with an important fleet of traditional ships and fast catamarans offering a great comfort.
 
Hellenic Mediterranean Lines, hellenic company, links Italy to Greece from Brindisi.
 
Minoan Lines , company which links Italy and Greece from Venice and Ancona, proposes a detailed presentation of its six boats. The interactive plans of bridges allow to view cabins, living rooms, equipment and services offered on board. Booking online is possible on the website.
 
Roditis Ferry  , company which operates between Dodecannese islands and Turkey. It links Rhodos to the islands of Tilos and Symi, Bodrum, Marmaris and Datca in Turkey, as well as Kos island to Bodrum. Booking for its lines is possible through the european site Aferry.
 
Superfast Ferries , european maritime company, property of the greek group Attica, operates crossings in Adriatic Sea between Bari or Ancona in Italy towards Patras or Igoumenitsa on the greek coasts. Superfast is allied to the cruise company Costa to develop these lines. The site allows booking online.
 
Ventouris Ferries, greek company, has a fast catamaran which links Italy to Greece from Bari and Brindisi.

Balatoni Hajozas, company on the lake Balaton, links the two banks of the largest european lake between Szántód and Tihany, famous for its abbey founded in XI century. The website shows schedules, fares and minicruises arranged with its fleet of eleven boats.

Alilauro , maritime company of the gulf of Naples, links the two maritime stations of Naples (Mergellina and Beverello) to Capri, Ischia and Eolian islands. Its fast ships operate also the coastal trafic towards Sorrento, Positano, Amalfi and Salerno. The website shows schedules and fares. Ideal for a weekend, it is possible to take a bus called Volaviamare from Rome and then to embark on ferry towards islands of Ischia and Capri and the almafitan coast (Sorrento, Positano, Amalfi).
 
Caremar, subsidiary of Tirrenia group, links the islands of the gulf of Naples (Ischia, Capri and Procida) from the ports of Pozzuoli, Naples and Sorrente. Saremar links also the islands of Ponza and Ventotene from Anzio and Formia. The website shows schedules and fares.
Enermar, sardinian company allied with Moby, operates lines between Genoa and Palau, in the north of Sardinia. The stay can be continued to Maddalena Island, in the north of Sardinia. It has a fleet of five ships.
 
Golfo dei Poeti, company of Cinque Terre, operates coastal lines in this ligurian aera hard to reach by road. It links several villages suspended between sky and sea  : Monterosso, Vernazza, Manarola and Riomaggiore, but also Portovenere, Lerici and Levanto from La Spezia. It links, in high season, from these ports to those more in the south as Viareggio, Forte dei Marmi, Marina di Massa, Marina di Carrara, Livorno and Marina di Pisa, lines towards Portofino, Elba, Capraia island and the aquarium of Genoa. The website shows schedules and fares.
 
Grandi Navi Veloci, company of Grimaldi group, has a modern fleet of eight boats which link Sicily, Sardinia, Spain and Tunisia. From Genoa, Grandi Navi Veloci cruises every day, in summer, in around 20 hours towards Palermo. The line towards Spain is proposed, three times per week, between Genoa and Barcelona. This rotational frequency concerned also the lines Livorno-Palermo, Civitavecchia-Palermo, Genoa-Tunis and Palermo-Tunis. The website shows discounts, particularly for weekends and proposes the booking .
 
Grimaldi Ferries, company of Grimaldi group based in Naples, is specialized on the mediterranean crossings. Its ships, between cargo and passenger ferries, are ideal for motorhomes. Its four boats, whose two last-born children Eurostar Valencia and Eurostar Salerno, links Salerno in South Italy, to Valence in Spain, Malta and Palermo, but also Livorno to Valence, Civitavecchia to Barcelona and Civitavecchia to Portovecchio. The website shows fares and discounts, particularly for return tickets.
 

Medmar Group, napolitan maritime company, links Ischia island from Pozzuoli and Naples, and the Eolian islands from Naples.

 
Moby , italian private company, links Sardinia, Corsica and Elba island from Genoa, Tuscany (Livorno and Piombino) and Latium (Civitavecchia). It also operates the Corsica-Sardinia crossing between Bonifacio and Santa Teresa di Gallura. On the Genoa-Bastia line, the fast boats (NGV) Moby Wonder and Moby Freedom cruise in 4.30 hours. Moby practises low cost prices, for some crossings with a free transport for the car.
 
Saremar, subsidiary of Tirrenia group, links the islands off the coast of Sardinia : Caloforte on San Pietro island from Calasetta and Portovesme, and the Maddalena archipelago from Palau. Saremar also operates crossings between Sardinia and Corsica, from Santa Teresa di Gallusa towards Bonifacio. The website shows schedules and fares.
 
Siremar, subsidiary of Tirrenia group, links islands off the coast of Sicily : Eolian islands from Milazzo, Ustica from Palermo, Levanzo, Marettimo and Favignana from Trapani, Pantelleria from Trapani and Mazara del Vallo, and finally Linosa and Lampedusa, the southernmost of european islands, from Porto Empedocle close to Agrigente. The website shows schedules and fares.
 

SNAV, italian company of high speed ferries, takes on board its passengers for crossings towards italian islands : Pontines, Eolian, in the gulf of Naples and Sicily with companies Aliscafi and SiciliaJet. SNAV also joins, from Ancona, Civitanova, Giulianova and Pescara, croatian ports of Split (4 h.), Zadar (5.30 h.), Šibenik (3.15 h.), adriatic islands of Mali Lošinj (2.30 h.) and Rab (5 h.), with its two catamarans CroaziaJet and Aldebaran. The ship Croazia Jet can embark 676 passengers and 156 cars, it is twice faster than a traditional ferry. The website shows schedules and fares.

 
Tirrenia, national maritime company, cruises between Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, Albania and Tunisia. It links from Genoa, Civitavecchia, Fiumicino and Naples, the ports of Olbia, Golfo Aranci, Porto Torres, Arbatax, Cagliari, Trapani and Palermo. By elsewhere, Palermo is served from Tunis and Durres from Bari. Tirrenia has a modern fleet with seven new ferries and six high speed ships (NGV). The website shows schedules, fares, discounts " Tariffe Spot", "Sconti" and "Speciali". The lines towards small italian islands are operated by subsidiary companies of Tirrenia : Caremar for napolitan bay, Saremar for sardinian islands, Siremar for islands off the coast of Sicily and Toremar for tuscan islands like Elba.
 
Toremar, subsidiary of the Tirrenia group, operates crossings towards islands off the coast of Tuscany : Gorgona and Capraia from Livorno, Elba and Pianosa from Piombino and Giglio from Porto San Stefano. The website shows schedules and fares.
 
Ustica Lines, company of Egades islands and Ustica off the coast of Sicily, links them from Trapani, Palermo, Milazzo, Cefalu, Marsala and Naples. It also serves Pantelleria island from Trapani and Pelagie islands (Lampedusa and Linosa) from Porto Empedocle close to Agrigente. It joins Tunis from Trapani and Sousse from Pantelleria. It has a fleet of 23 modern ferries, with a majority of high speed ships(NGV). The website shows schedules and fares.
 

Venezia Lines, venetian company, links with its fast catamarans the city of the Doges to ports of the istrian coast in Croatia : Umag, Porec, Rovinj, Pula and Mali Lošinj. They are in service during the high season from April and, for Pula, from July. The passengers which disembark in Venice can easily visit the city with a twelve hours free pass to take the vaporetto. The site allows tickets booking.

 
Vetor, company of Ponza islands, serves the two main islands of this archipelago situated off the coast of Latium : Ponza and Ventotene. The departures are done from Anzio, in the south of Rome (up to five per day, in hight season) or Formia (two daily departures on average). You have to count 1.10 hour for crossings Anzio-Ponza, Formia-Ponza and 55 mn for the line Formia-Ventotene. Tickets booking is possible on the website.
 
VirtuFerries, operates lines between Sicily (Catane, Licata, Pozzallo) and Malta in 1.30 hour. The website allows tickets booking.

Ferrimaroc, moroccan company, cruises all the year between Almeria situated in the South Spain and the northeastern Morocco. Its multilingual website shows prices.
 
Nautas the Al-Maghreb, subsidiary of Balearia group, operates crossings in the Gibraltar strait between Algesiras and Tangier with two fast ships, García Lorca and Al-Sabini. These ships which have a capacity of 900 passengers and 200 cars, cruise in one hour. The site presents booking on line, loyalty programm Club Nautas and discount fares, particularly for one day excursions or cruises with a car.

Acciona-Trasmediterranea, the most important spanish company, operates crossings between Cadiz and Canary Islands, Barcelona or Valence and Balearic Islands. Its fleet of 25 ships are also present on the four lines towards Morocco: Algeciras-Tangier, Algeciras-Ceuta, Almeria-Melilla and Malaga-Melilla. Its multilingual website allows tickets booking .
 
Balearia, private company of the Balearic Islands, links Majorque, Minorque, Ibiza and Formentera to the spanish coast (Barcelona, Valence and Denia). Its leadership is based on  a great diversity of lines towards these four islands and crossings with fast ships for some lines, as the line between Barcelona, Palma and Ibiza. Balearia also operates through its subsidiary company Nautas-Al-Maghreb, the crossing in the strait of Gibraltar between Algeciras and Tangier. On the website, the customer can book online, subscribe to the loyalty program Club Balearia Four Illes and get discount fares, particularly for the car.
 
Ferrys Rapidos del Sur, subsidiary of german maritime group FRS (Förde Reederei Seetouristik), operates crossings towards Tangier, in Morocco, since Tarifa, Algeciras and Gibraltar. The fast catamaran Tangier Jet, with a capacity of 360 passengers and 60 cars, cruises on the line Tariff-Tangier in 35 mn, the shortest of its three lines. The website allows tickets booking .
 
Iscomar, spanish company, operate crossings between Spain and Balearic Islands. It is present on the lines Barcelona-Mahon (Minorque), Barcelona-Palma de Majorque, Barcelona-Ibiza, Mahon-Alcudia (Majorque), Valencia-Ibiza, Denia-Ibiza and Ibiza-Formentera. Its website allows tickets booking.

CTN, Compagnie Tunisienne de Navigation, links Tunis to Marseilles and Genoa with ferries Carthage and El Habib. The CTN proposes discounts for tunisian residents and for tourists. CTN cares the quality of reception and the safety of transport : it obtained in 2002 certifications ISO 9002 and ISM.

Istanbul Deniz Otobüsleri, called by its initial IDO, operates a service of fast ferries in the Bosphorus and in the Marmara Sea. Its ships links particularly the Golden Corn of Istanbul to other maritime stations of the agglomeration, Yalova and Bandirma, the aegean coast, Princes islands (Kizil Aldalar) and Marmara island. The excusion "Explore Bosphorus" allows to discover architectural wonders of the famous strait. The websites shows schedules and fares.
 
MES Line, company which links Brindisi in Italy to Cesme in Turkey. The website shows schedules and fares of crossings.
 
Marmara Lines, turkish maritime company, operates crossings towards Çesme, on the Aegean coast, from Ancona (40 hours) or Brindisi (25 hours) in Italy. The website shows schedules, prices and a plan of the cabins on the boat. It also allows tickets booking.
 

FERRIES OF THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
Brittany Ferries, breton company based in Roscoff, links France, England, Spain and Ireland on seven lines : Roscoff-Cork, Santander-Plymouth, Roscoff-Plymouth, Cherbourg-Poole, Cherbourg-Portsmouth, Saint-Malo-Portsmouth, Caen-Portsmouth. Its renewed fleet counts seven ferries. Its ship "Mont Saint-Michel", cruises Caen/Ouistreham to Portsmouth, in less than 6 hours. With a capacity of 2 140 passengers and 600 cars, it is the largest ferry among Channel ferries with the ship "Pont-Aven". This ship of equivalent size operates lines Roscoff-Cork (Ireland) in 11 hours, Roscoff-Plymouth (England) in 4.45 hours and Plymouth-Santander (Spain) in 18 hours. Their speed of 27 knots helps Brittany Ferries to develop minicruises, including for example a six hours stop to discover Cork and its surroundings, the breakfast and transfers by bus. The website shows schedules, fares, discounts and tickets booking. Brittany Ferries also proposes a great choice of lodging in B&B, hotels and cottages in Great-Britain, Ireland and France.
 
Condor Ferries, first maritime company towards anglo-norman islands, has high speed ships (NGV) which links all the year Jersey and Guernesey from Saint-Malo (France), Poole, Weymouth, Porsthmouth (England). It operates three returns a day with one or two direct services towards Guernesey. The ferry "Condor 10" can embark 570 passengers and 80 cars and cruises more than 40 nodes. It joins Saint-Malo-Jersey in 1 hour and Saint-Malo-Guernesey in 1.40 hour. The services on board are equivalent to those offered on the other car-ferries with a Duty Free shop, a cafeteria, a bar and a living room "Class Club". Its last-born child, "Condor Speed", cruises towards Jersey, Guernesey and England. It embarks from Saint-Malo 770 passengers and 180 cars. Its sistership, "Condor Express", serves Weymouth and the islands with connections for Saint-Malo. Lastly, a fast service ferry, in collaboration with Brittany Ferries, also allows a crossing between Cherbourg (France) and Poole (England) every day in 2.15 hours. The site presents booking on line, a selection of bed & breakfast and hotels, special proposes in Jersey, Guernesey and England.
 
Hovertravel, company wich operates about thirty daily rotations between Ryde on the isle of Wight and Southsea. Its three fast hydroplanes embark each time forty passengers, without vehicles. A service of bus links the terminal of Southsea, the station of Portsmouth-Southsea (Isambard BrunelRoad) and Portsmouth Centre (Edinburgh Road).
 
Norfolk Line, company English, subsidiary of the Danish group Maersk, operates crossings between Dunkirk and Dover. The site presents booking on line and discount fares.
 
P&O Ferries , maritime company, subsidiary of DP World, Dubai's port manager, operates the crossing Calais-Dover (great rotational frequency with its seven ships) and the lines Bilbao-Portsmouth, Zeebrugge-Hull and Rotterdam-Hull. Its fleet was largely renewed. Its website proposes tickets booking and discounts. The lines in the Irish Sea are served by an other subsidiary company of P&O (Peninsular and Oriental Steam), P&O Irish Sea.
 
Red Funnel, company of Wight island, links Southampton to Cowes by fast ship of 22 minutes or traditional boat in 55 minutes. Only the second ship embarks vehicles. The website allows booking on line.
 
SeaFrance , french company for Channel crossings, subsidiary of SNCF, links up to 30 times a day Dover and Calais with its four ships : Cézanne, Renoir, Rodin and Berlioz which has a capacity of 1 900 passengers and 700 vehicles. This ferry combines technological sophistication and elegance. It embodies the concept of french ferry and renews standards of ferry on this line. The website shows schedules, fares and booking on line. SeaFrance proposes discounts for return tickets in the weekend with your vehicle. The departure must be on friday, saturday or Sunday with a return in 72 hours. It is also possible to obtain on its website SeaFrance Voyages a large choice of stays in British Isles (hotels, inns, bed and breakfast, apartment or house). The company proposes autotours, one day excusions in London, three days stays or more in London hotels with complete pension or half-board and visits with guide.
 
SpeedFerries, british company, links Boulogne to Dover. This crossing is the most direct way between France and the South East England. It continues the free motorway A16, which goes by Abbeville, Amiens and Beauvais. SpeedFerries proposes five daily return in 50 minutes. The catamaran SpeedOne operates the line with a capacity of 200 cars and 800 passengers. The website allows booking online.
 

LD Lines, company which joins Le Havre to Portsmouth and Newhaven. Crossings are operated by three ships. The union "Promotion de l’Activité Transmanche" entrusted Louis Dreyfus Armateurs with the running of Transmanche Ferries, which became a sister company of LD Lines. This measure operates not only the sustainability and the development of the Dieppe-Newhaven line but also the enrichment of the crossing from Le Havre. LD Lines proposes the reservation .

 
Transmanche Ferries, company founded on the initiative of General Council of Seine-Maritime, links twice a day Dieppe to Newhaven. The crossing lasts 4 hours on board its ferries Dieppe and Sardinia Vera, with a capacity each one of 500 passengers.
 
Wightlink, company of the Wight island, operates crossings from Lymington and Portsmouth for the passenger and vehicles trafic. Its fast catamaran FastCat carries only passengers in fifteen minutes between Portsmouth and Ryde Pier. Passengers coming from Cornwall choice the western line Lymington-Yarmouth, while travellers coming from center of England have a preference for lines Portsmouth-Fishbourne and Portsmouth-Ryde. The website allows tickets booking.
 

FERRIES OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND THE NORTH SEA

Compagnie Vendéenne, private company, operates crossings, in high season only, between Fromentine or Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and the island of Yeu with two boats Port Fidele and Kerpenhir. It also links Turballe to Belle-Ile-en-mer with the ship Atlante. The website shows schedules and allows pre-reservation.
 
Compagnie des Iles, breton company, proposes cruisings in the Gulf of Morbihan, the Etel river, towards the islands of Houat, Hoedic and Belle-Ile-en-mer. Schedules and fares are posted on the website. The reservation is possible by email or phone.
 
Compagnie Yeu Continent, maritime public company of Vendee, links all the year La Barre de Monts-Fromentine on the island of Yeu with its three ships : La Vendee, Insula Oya 2 and Amporelle, the fast ship. The site displays schedules and allows booking online.
 
Finist'mer, company from the island of Ouessant, operates regular sea crossings with its high-speed boats, from Le Conquet, Camaret and Lanildut towards islands of Ouessant and Molene. Tickets booking is possible by email and phone.
 
Inter-Iles, company of La Rochelle, proposes crossings towards Islands of Aix, Re and Oleron, as well as excusions towards La Rochelle and Fort Boyard. Ports of departure are La Rochelle, la Tranche-sur-Mer, Bourcefranc-le-chapus, Saint-Martin-de-Re, Saint Denis and Boyardville on Oleron island.
 
Morbihannaise de Navigation, or Societe Morbihannaise Navigation (SMN), links islands of Groix, Houat, Hoëdic and Belle-Ile to Quiberon and Lorient on the coast of South Brittany. Its website shows schedules and allows booking online.
 
Navix, breton company, proposes cruises in the Gulf of Morbihan, towards the island of Houat and Belle-Ile-en-mer. Schedules and fares are posted on the website. Tickets booking is possible by email or phone.
 
Penn Ar Bed, breton company, serves every day islands of Ouessant, Molene and Sein. One of its four ships cruises at 20 knots.
 
Les bateliers d'Arcachon, company from Archachon, operates crossings and excursions in the basin of Arcachon.

P&O North Sea Ferries , links Kingston-upon-Hull in North England to Rotterdam/Europoort in the Netherlands and Zeebrugge in Belgium. It has six ferries, including two superferries, Pride of Rotterdam and Pride of Hull. These ships cruise at 22 knots. The multilingual site presents the most beautiful destinations of Northern Europe with practical informations and allows booking online.


Smyril Line, company of Faroe Islands (Denmark), benefits from the position crossroads of the archipelago to link with its boat Norröna (1 050 passengers and 300 vehicles), Shetland Islands, Iceland, Hantholm in the North Denmark, Bergen in Norway and Scotland. The Denmark-Iceland crossing allows a three days stop (two nights) in Faroe Islands. Smyril Line also proposes accomodations and tours to discover Iceland, Faroe islands and Shetland islands.

AG Ems, company of Frisian islands, serves Borkum, the most western island of this archipelago and even of Germany. It has a fast catamaran and a ferry which start from Emden, situated on the right bank of the Ems-Jade estuary in Germany, or from Eemshaven, on the left bank of the estuary in the Netherlands.
 
Förde Reederei Seetouristik, private maritime company, operates return crossings every day between Hamburg and Helgoland island. Its fast catamaran "Hanse Jet", stops in Wedel and Cuxhaven to embark full of passengers. The site displays fares, schedules and allows booking online. FRS extends its maritime activities to other seas like the baltic sea and the mediterranean sea with its subsidiary companies Reederei Hiddensee and Ferrys Ràpidos del Sur.
 
Frisia, private maritime company, links two frisian islands from Norddeich : Juist in 75 minutes, one or twice a day according to the season and Norderney in 55 minutes, betwwen six to fourteen times a day. Frisia also serves, by fast catamaran, Helgoland island from Norderney islands (90 minutes), Langeoog (75 minutes) and Hooksiel (75 minutes).
 
Rømø-Sylt Linie, subsidiary of the german group FRS (Förde Reederei Seetouristik), links the peninsula of Rømø in Denmark to the german peninsula of Sylt. Two ferries operates this line in 50 minutes between the two boarding ports  : Havneby and List. According to the season, the frequency of crossings changes between six and eleven return a day. The website shows fares, schedules and allows booking online.

Aran Island Ferries, company of the Aran archipelago situated on the irish west coast, operates crossings between Rossaveal in Connemara and the three islands of Inishmore, Inishman and Inisheer, by two or three rotations a day. It has four modern and rapid ships which only carry passengers. The website allows tickets booking.
 
Cliffs of Moher and Aran Islands Cruises, irish company, allows to discover from March to October for 1 hour Cliffs of Moher, impressive cliffs between Doolin and Liscannor, in Clare county. These cliffs are spread over 8 km long and the highest point overlooking the sea 230 meters. The company is also exploring the island of Inisheer in the archipelago of Aran (30 minutes crossing). From April to October, the frequency since Doolin or Liscannor is daily. Cliffs of Moher and Aran Islands Cruises has a small vessel which embarks 70 passengers.
 
Doolin Ferries, irish company, links the three islands of the Aran archipelago -Inishmore, Inishman and Inisheer- from Doolin (20 mn) and Galway (90 mn). In high season, the frequency from Galway is daily. Doolin Ferries has a fleet of five small ships which embark passengers and vehicles.
 
Irish Ferries, irish company, has a modern fleet of four ships in service between France and Ireland and on the Irish Sea. "Ulysse" is the biggest ferry ever built (208 m length, 32 m wide), with its sister ship"Rodin" of Sea France. It carries 2 000 passengers and more than 1300 vehicles. It only cruises in 3 hours to link Holyhead (Wales) to Dublin. Its three other ships operate the lines Holyhead-Dublin, Pembroke-Rosslare, Cherbourg and Roscoff towards Rosslare. The website allows tickets booking and discounts for crossings with vehicles.
 
Norfolkline, english company, subsidiary of the danish group Maersk, links the United Kingdom to Ireland with two lines: Liverpool-Dublin and Liverpool-Belfast. The website allows booking online.
 
P&O Irish Sea, irish subsidiary of group P&O, links Cherbourg to Rosslare in southern Ireland, Dublin to Liverpool, Larne in Northern Ireland to Cairnryan and Troon in Scotland. The website allows tickets booking.
 
Steam Packet, isle of Man company, joins Liverpool, Dublin, Belfast and Heysham. The company also operates two lines Ireland-United Kingdom : Belfast-Troon and Belfast-Heysham.
 
Stena Line, with its fast ships, operates five crossings in the Ireland Sea : in the south, Rosslare-Fishguard, in the north, Belfast-Stranraer, Larne-Fleetwod, and in the middle, Dun Laoghaire-Holyhead, Dublin-Holyhead, with its fast ferry Stena Adventurer. The website shows discounts for each line, allows tickets and hotels booking.

P&O Ferries , specialized compagny on the North Sea, links Hull in the northern England to Rotterdam/Europoort in the Netherlands and Zeebrugge in Belgium, with its six ferries, including two big ferries, Pride of Rotterdam and Pride of Hull. These ships cruise at 22 knots. The multilingual site presents the most beautiful destinations of Northern Europe with practical informations and allows booking online.

 
Rederij Doeksen, private company, serves two islands of Wadden sea in the northern Netherlands : Vlieland and Terschelling. From Harlingen, its three fast ferries and its two fast shuttles operate on average three return a day towards Vlieland (1.45 hour and 45 minutes by fast shuttle) and five crossings towards Terschelling (2 hours and 50 minutes by fast shuttle). The website shows detailed schedules and fares.
 
Stena Line, anglo-swedish company, operates crossings between Hoek van Holland in the Netherlands and Harwich in England with the fast ferry Stena Britannica. The multilingual site displays discounts for each line, allows tickets and hotels bookings.
 
Teso, private company, cruises between Netherlands and Texel, the biggest island of Wadden sea. Its two ferries links Den Helder to Texel in half an hour. Departures spread from 6 a.m to 21.35 p.m. The site displays schedules and fares.
 

Wagenborg, private company, serves two islands of Wadden sea in the northern Netherlands : Ameland and Schiermonnikoog. From Holwerd, its three ferries operate between eight and fourteen returns a day towards Ameland (45 minutes). From Lauwersoog, a ferry links five times a day Schiermonnikoog (45 minutes). The website proposes pre-reservation of crossings with vehicles.


Color Line, originally norwegian company, operates the lines Kiel (Allemagne)-Oslo (Norway), Frederikshavn (Denmark)-Oslo, Hirtshals (Denmark) to Stavanger and Bergen in Norway, Hirsthals-Larvik (Norway), Sondelfjord (Norway)-Strömstad (Sweden), with its seven ships of which a rapid one, Silvia Ana, in service on Hirtshals-Kristiansand line. The site displays fares, schedules and allows booking online.

 
DFDS Seaways ,one of the largest companies of Northern Europe, links with its six ships Newcastle to Amsterdam-Ijmuiden (Netherlands), Harwich to Esbjerg (Denmark), Newcastle to Stavanger, Haugesund and Bergen (Norway). DFDS Seaways also cruises in the Baltic from Copenhagen towards Oslo. The website allows tickets and accomodation booking. It also proposes minicruises.
 
Fjord1, norwegian company which operates lines in the areas of Rogaland, Hordaland, Sogn og Romsdal and Møre og Romsdal. Ferries cruise along the coast between the cities of Stavanger, Bergen, Ålesund, Molde, Kristiansund and Trondheim. The company proposes excursions in Sognefjord, the world's longest fjord, in the famous Geiranger fjord, of which waterfalls have evocative names (Three sisters, the Wedding veil...). Fjord1 presents lines with interactive maps, schedules and fares.
 
Fjord Line, maritime company of Bergen, links Hanstholm in Denmark to Ergesund, Haugesund and Bergen in Norway.
 
Fjord Steamers, private company, arranges crossings from Bergen to the Hardanger Fjord and the Sogn og Fjordane. These excursions looks like minicruises. The website shows schedules and the pre-reservation via a form.
 
Hurtigruten , the famous norwegian coastal Express since one more than a century, combines its service to carry freight, mail, passengers and his new mission of cruises. This maritime line "Hurtigruten", jointly runned by TFDS, based in Tromso and OVDS from Narvik, is universally famous for its single atmosphere. The spectacle is attractive, ships cruise between green archipelagoes and deep fjords. Passengers share the same taste for the authenticity and the discovery of beautiful norwegian landscapes, but also for norwegian people, their culture and their way of life. On board, meals are prepared with fresh products embarked in each port, specific to each coastal area. Fourteen ships compose the very modern fleet of Hurtigruten. The must of the nordic cruise remains the complete trip with 35 stops in the south-north direction from Bergen to Kirkenes, the last city before the russian border. This twelve days trip, called Norwegian Coastal Travel, are operated by ships of Bergen Line, property of TDFS. Hurtigruten also serves also Lofoten Islands. The website allows tickets booking.
 
Kystlink, norwegian maritime company which links Hirtshals in the North Jutland (Denmark), Langesund in the southern Norway and Stromstad in Sweden. Its site displays schedules and fares. Its ship leaves about midnight Hirtshals and reached the Telemark coast in the early morning around 8 a.m.
 

Tide, private company, proposes minicruises to discover fjords between Bergen and Stavanger on board of one of its three fast and modern catamarans. Each excusion lasts approximately 4 hours.


Fred Olsen, originally norwegian company, serves in the Canarias archipelago. It operates lines between the different islands since 1904. Fred Olsen has a modern fleet, with its three fast catamarans which cruise at more than 40 knots. With them, Gomera and Grand Canaries are connected to Tenerife in half an hour. The website allows tickets booking.

Brittany Ferries, breton company based in Roscoff, links France, England, Spain and Ireland on seven lines : Roscoff-Cork, Santander-Plymouth, Roscoff-Plymouth, Cherbourg-Poole, Cherbourg-Portsmouth, Saint-Malo-Portsmouth, Caen-Portsmouth. Its renewed fleet counts seven ferries. Its ship "Mont Saint-Michel", cruises Caen/Ouistreham to Portsmouth, in less than 6 hours. With a capacity of 2 140 passengers and 600 cars, it is the largest ferry among Channel ferries with the ship "Pont-Aven". This ship of equivalent size operates lines Roscoff-Cork (Ireland) in 11 hours, Roscoff-Plymouth (England) in 4.45 hours and Plymouth-Santander (Spain) in 18 hours. Their speed of 27 knots helps Brittany Ferries to develop minicruises, including for example a six hours stop to discover Cork and its surroundings, the breakfast and transfers by bus. The website shows schedules, fares, discounts and tickets booking. Brittany Ferries also proposes a great choice of lodging in B&B, hotels and cottages in Great-Britain, Ireland and France.
 
Caledonian MacBrayne , regional maritime company, serves islands of western Scotland, mainly of the archipelago of Hébrides, thanks to its thirty ferries. The site posts the schedules, the tariffs and the reservation .
 
DFDS Seaways , one of the largest companies of Northern Europe, links with its six ships Newcastle to Amsterdam-Ijmuiden (Netherlands), Harwich to Esbjerg (Denmark), Newcastle to Stavanger, Haugesund and Bergen (Norway). DFDS Seaways also cruises in the Baltic from Copenhagen towards Oslo. The website allows tickets and accomodation booking. It also proposes minicruises.

 
John o'Groats Ferries, scottish company, serves Orkneys islands which stretch off the northeastern point of Scotland, John O' Groats. The company proposes the shortest cruise (40 minutes) to join this archipelago, between John O' Groats and Burwick. From there, a service of bus rejoins in 45 minutes the principal city of Orkneys, Kirkwall. Schedules and fares are posted on the website.
 

P&O Ferries , maritime subsidiary compagny of DP World, Dubai's port manager, operates crossings Bilbao-Portsmouth, Zeebrugge-Hull, Rotterdam-Hull, Calais-Dover, Le Havre-Portsmouth and Cherbourg-Portsmouth. Its fleet was largely renewed. Pride of Bilbao links twice a week Portsmouth and Bilbao, in northern Spain. To avoid London aera, passengers who are going to northern England and Scotland embark from Zeebrugge in Belgium or from Rotterdam/Europoort int the Netherlands towards Kingston-upon-Hull. Six ferries, including Pride of Rotterdam and Pride of Hull which cruise at 22 knots, and two renovated ships, Norsea and Norsun, operate these two crossings. The multilingual site presents the most beautiful destinations of Northern Europe with practical informations, minicruises, discounts and tickets booking. The lines in the Irish Sea are served by an other subsidiary company of P&O (Peninsular and Oriental Steam), P&O Irish Sea.

 
Pentland Ferries, scottish company, serves Orkney islands situated off the northeastern point of Scotland. It ship Pentalina B, with a capacity of 250 passengers and 46 cars, joins this archipelago, between Gills and St Margarets Hope, in three daily rotations during summer and two during winter. The site displays schedules and fares. It also proposes tickets booking.
 
NorthLink Ferries, company of Orkney and Shetland Islands, proposes a crossing from Scrabster, close to Thurso in the northern Scotland, towards Stromness, and two lines from Aberdeen towards Lerwick, including one by the capital of Orkneys islands, Kirkwall. The website allows tickets and accomodation booking.
 
Steamship, the company of the islands of Scilly to broad of the point of Cornouailles in Great Britain, operates the connections between this archipelago and the coasts English, thanks to Scillonain III, of a capacity of 600 passengers.
 
Stena Line, anglo-Swedish company, runs about thirty ferries distributed on seventeen lines in Scandinavia (Oslo/Göteborg-Frederikshavn, Karlskrona-Gdansk…), between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom (Harwich) and between Wales and Ireland (Stranraer-Belfast, Holyhead-Dublin, Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire, Fishguard-Rosslare and Fleetwood-Larne). Its website shows discounts for each line and allows booking online.
 
Superfast Ferries, european maritime company, links Rosyth in Scotland to Zeebrugge in Belgium in approximately 14 hours.
 
Swansea Cork Ferries, welsh company, links Swansea in South Wales to Cork in Ireland. This linee proposes the advantage to disembark in the southern Ireland and thus to avoid the coastal road from Rosslare. The site displays schedules and fares.
 
Transeuropa Ferries, company links Ostend in Belgium to Ramsgate in England. This crossing with ist six ships allows to join easily Bruges and Canterbury. The website shows schedules and fares.
 

FERRIES OF THE BALTIC
DFDS Seaways , one of the largest companies of Northern Europe, links with its six ships Newcastle to Amsterdam-Ijmuiden (Netherlands), Harwich to Esbjerg (Denmark), Newcastle to Stavanger, Haugesund and Bergen(Norway). DFDS Seaways also cruises in the Baltic from Copenhagen towards Oslo. The website allows tickets and accomodation booking. It also proposes minicruises.
 
Scandlines, specialist company for the southern Baltic, operates eleven direct crossings between Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Lithuania and Latvia : Rødby Færge-Puttgarden, Rostock-Gedser, Sassnitz-Rønne, Rostock-Trelleborg, Sassnitz-Trelleborg, Fynshav (Als)-Bøjden (Odense), Esbjerg-Fanø, Kiel-Klaipeda, Rostock-Venspils, Karlshamn-Liepaja and Nynäshamn-Ventspils. It is also possible to buy combined tickets including two successive crossings on the lines Puttgarden-Helsingborg, Rostock-Helsingborg, Puttgarden-Spodsbjerg, Rostock-Spodsbjerg, Puttgarden-Oslo and Rostock-Spodsbjerg.
 

Silja Line, company well established in the Baltic Sea, links Finland, Sweden, Germany, Estonia and Latvia with the lines Stockholm-Aland-Turku, Stockholm-Aland-Helsinki, Kapellskär(Suède)-Aland-Turku, Kapellskär-Aland-Helsinki.Its website also proposes Tallink's lines : Rostock-Helsinki, Stockholm-Riga, Stockholm-Aland-Tallinn, Kapellskär-Paldiski (Estonia). Silja Line has six ferries of which a rapid ship (NGV), SuperSeaCat, on the line Helsinki-Tallinn. Booking is possible by email on the website.

 
Stena Line , anglo-swedish company, presents on all northern european seas, proposes seven crossings in the Baltic Sea : Kiel-Gothenburg, Gothenburg-Frederikshavn (Denmark), Frederikshavn-Oslo, Grenå (Danemark)-Varberg (Sweden), Stockholm-Turku, Stockholm-Helsinki and Karlskrona (Suède)-Gdynia (Poland). The multilingual website allows tickets and hotels booking. It also posts discounts for each line.
 

Superfast Ferries, european company, operates three crossings in the Baltic Sea with Silja Line: Helsinki-Stockholm, Turku-Stockholm et Helsinki-Rostock. Booking is possible by email on the website.


Ærøfærgene, company of the Ærø island, links the island to Denmark by peninsulas of Odense (Søby-Faaborg connections and Ærøskøbing-Svendborg), Langeland (Marstal-Rudkøbing) and Als (Søby-Mommark). The website shows schedules and fares.
 
Bornholmstrafikken, company of Bornholm island, operates crossings towards Copenhagen, Ystad in Sweden and Fährhafen Sassnitz on the Rügen peninsula in Germany. The website allows tickets booking.
 
Christiansøfarten-Bornholm Express train, company of Christiansø island, operates three lines with the close island of Bornholm, towards the ports of Gudhjem, Allinge and Svaneke. The frequency of crossings on each one is on average one a day, except in summer when one counts up to three crossings a day on the Christiansø-Gudhjem line. The site displays schedules.
 
Færgeselskabet Læsø, company of Læsø island, serves lines between Frederikshavn, at the end of the Jutland peninsula and Vesterø Havn, on Læsø Island. The frequency of crossings changes, according to the season, from three to six a day. The website proposes discounts and allows tickets booking.
 
Langeland-Kiel, company of Langeland island, links in six hours Kiel in Germany and Bagenkop on Langeland. The single ferry cruises every day, from Thursday to Sunday.
 
Mols Linien, private company of Jutland, proposes an alternative to the road between the northen Denmark and Seeland island now linked by the Storebælt bridge. The three fast catamarans and the traditional ferry cruise between Århus and Odden or Kalendborg, between Ebeltoft and Odden . The shortest crossing lasts only 45 minutes. The website allows booking on line.
 
Samsø Linien, company of Samsø island situated between Jutland and Seeland island, serves Samsø several times a day. From ports of Sælvig and Hov in Jutland, the rotation frequency is on average five a day. Between Kolby Kås and Kalundborg in Seeland island, the company operates crossings on average twice a day. The website allows tickets booking.
 
Sundbusserne, small company of the Öresund strait, operates exclusively crossings between Helsingør in Denmark and Helsingborg in Sweden. The passengers ferries cruise in 20 minutes, ideal to spend a day and to go shopping in Helsingborg. The site displays schedules and fares.

Linda Line, company of three fast ships, links exclusively two capitals the Baltic Sea, Tallinn and Helsinki, in less than one hour with its fastest hydrofoil. The website shows schedules, fares and allows tickets booking.
 
Saaremaa Laevakompanii, company of the four main estonian islands, operates crossings Saaremaa-Ventspils, Heltermaa (Hiiumaa)-Rohuküla, Triigi (Saaremaa)-Soru (Hiiumaa), Kuivastu (Muhu)-Virtsu, Sillamäe-Kotka (Finland), with its fleet of ten ferries. The site displays schedules and fares.
 

Tallink, national estonian company (Estonian Hansatee), realizes with its seven ships, including two rapids (Tallink Autoexpress), Rostock-Helsinki, Stockholm-Riga, Stockholm-Aland-Tallinn, Kapellskär-Paldiski (Estonia). Its website also proposes Silja's lines : Stockholm-Aland-Turku, Stockholm-Aland-Helsinki, Kapellskär(Suède)-Aland-Turku, Kapellskär-Aland-Helsinki. The website show schedules and fares. Booking is only possible by email.


Ålandstrafiken, company of Åland archipelago, allows from the main island to discover islands of Brändö, Kumlinge, Vårdö, Föglö, Sottunga and Kökar. Its four ferries operate crossings Osnäs-Brändö, Hummelvik-Kumlinge, Långnäs-Överö, Långnäs-Sottunga, Galtby-Kökar, Långnäs-Överö, Långnäs-Sottunga and Svinö-Degerby. The site displays schedules, fares, and also services of bus in the archipelago.
 
Eckerö Line, subsidiary of Eckerö Linjen company, links Helsinki to Tallinn. Its website allows crossings and Tallinn hotels booking.
 
Eckerö Linjen, company established on the Åland archipelago, gets its name from the eastern port of Åland island. Passengers embarks in Eckerö for the only line of the company towards Sweden. The Grisselhamn-Eckerö crossing lasts 2 hours. The website proposes schedules and fares as well as accommodation and activities.
 
Finnlines, the company embarks passengers and vehicles on lines Helsinki-Travemünde between Finland and Germany (Ferrycenter.fi) and Petersbourg Lübeck-Sassnitz-Kaliningrad-Saint Petersburg, from Germany to Russia.
 
Kotka Archipelago, public transport company of Kotka archipelago, serves the main islands in the east of Helsinki : Varissaari, Kuutsalo, Lehmäsaari, Kukouri, Haapasaari, Kaunissaari, Tammio and Ulkotammio. The departures begins from Kotka, Pyhtää and Hamina. The website shows schedules and fares.
 
Nordic Jet Line, subsidiary of the german maritime group FRS (Förde Reederei Seetouristik), proposes a service of high speed ship (NGV). It spends only 40 minutes to link finnish and estonian capitals, Helsinki and Tallinn. The website allows tickets, activites and hotels booking.
 
RG Line, company of Botnia Gulf, operates every day a return crossing between Vaasa and Umeå in 4 hours. The website proposes booking online and even givcs a free voucher to spend on the ship.
 
Seawind Line, finnish company, links Turku in Finland to Stockholm in Sweden. Its two ships stops, halfway, in Langnäs in the Åland archipelago.
 
Turku Archipelago, public transport company of the archipelago sea (Finnish Saaristomeri, Swedish Skärgårdshavet), links the main islands off the coast of Turku. They are situatde between Hanko, in the east, and the Åland archipelago, in the west, served by another local company, Ålandstrafiken. Its fourteen ferries operates crossings towards the islands of Mossala, Houtskär, Nagu, Korpo, Iniö and Kustavi. The website shows schedules and fares.
 
Viking Line, finnish company, presents the most important offer towards the Åland archipelago.With its seven ships, it serves the archipelago from Turku and Helsinki, but also from Stockholm and Kapellskär in Sweden. Viking Line also operates crossing between Helsinki and Tallinn, capital of Estonia.

Reederei Hiddensee, subsidiary of the german maritime group FRS (Förde Reederei Seetouristik), operates lines between Hiddensee island and germans coasts, in particular Rügen island in the east. Reederei Hiddensee also cruises in the estuary of Rostock. It has six ships. The site displays fares and schedules.

Lisco Baltic Service, company of the maritime group DFDS, operates crossings from the main lithuanian port, Klaipeda, towards Kiel and Mukran in Germany, and towards Karlshamn and Åhus in Sweden. The site displays fares and schedules.

Color Line, originally norwegian company, links Norway (Oslo, Kristiansand and Larvik) to Germany (Kiel) and Denmark (Hirtshals or Frederikshavn), with its seven ships of which a rapid one, Silvia Ana, in service on the crossing Hirtshals-Kristiansand. The website shows fares, schedules and allows booking on line.
 

KystLink, norwegian maritime company which links Hirtshals in the North Jutland (Denmark), Langesund in the southern Norway and Stromstad in Sweden. Its site displays schedules and fares. Its ship leaves about midnight Hirtshals and reached the Telemark coast in the early morning around 8 a.m.


Polferries, national maritime company, operates crossings towards Denmark (Swinoujscie-Copenhagen and Swinoujscie-Bornholm) and towards Sweden (Swinoujscie-Ystad and Gdansk-Nynäshamn). The site displays fares and schedules.
 
Unity Line, private company, links exclusively Swinoujscie to Ystad in the southern Sweden. Crossings during weekends often give the opportunity to thematic entertainment. The site displays schedules, fares and discounts.

Destination Gotland, company of Gotland island, operates, with its three ferries, lines towards swedish coasts, Nynäshamn and Oskarshamn. Crossing last between 2.30 and three hours. The website shows schedules, fares and allows booking online.
 
HH-Ferries ,company which operates crossings in the Sund strait, between Helsingborg in Sweden and Helsingør in Denmark. The site displays schedules and fares.
 
TT-Line, maritime company with five ferries, of which one is a rapid ship, operates Germany-Sweden crossings from Rostock or Travemünde close to Lübeck towards Trelleborg, in the south of Malmö. The website shows schedules, fares and allows tickets booking.
 
Waxholmsbolaget, company of Stockholm's archipelago, serves islands which stretch from Norrtälje to Nynäshamn: Arholma, Lidö, Tjockö, Finnhamn, Grinda, Svartsö, Svartlöga, Rödlöga, Möja, Runmarö, Sandhamn, Utö, Rånö, Nåttarö and Landsort. The website shows fares, timetables and an interactive map.
 
Ven-Trafiken, company of Hven island situated in the middle of the Sund strait, operates crossing between Bäckviken and Landskrona, in the north of Malmö. Its four boats links the island in half an hour, twelve times a day. The site displays schedules and fares.

   

 













































































































































































































































































































































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