India Ferries: Routes, Ports & Operators

The main crossing for visitors to the Andamans: private high-speed catamarans from Haddo Jetty in Port Blair to Havelock Island (Swaraj Dweep), home of Radhanagar and Elephant beaches, snorkelling and scuba diving. Havelock is connected only by water.

Links Port Blair with quiet Neil Island (Shaheed Dweep), known for Laxmanpur and Bharatpur beaches and the natural rock arch nicknamed Howrah Bridge. Most visitors combine it with Havelock on an island-hopping loop.

The short hop between the Andamans’ two most-visited islands, Havelock (Swaraj Dweep) and Neil (Shaheed Dweep). It is the middle leg of the classic Port Blair – Havelock – Neil – Port Blair loop that both Makruzz and ITT Majestic sail.

The shortest Water Metro hop, straight across the narrow mouth of Kochi harbour from Vypin Island to Fort Kochi’s waterfront. It is part of the High Court – Vypin – Fort Kochi loop.

The government ferry up the east side of the Andamans from Port Blair (Sri Vijaya Puram) to Rangat Bay on Middle Andaman, calling at Havelock (Swaraj Dweep) and Long Island. It is the sea alternative to the long Andaman Trunk Road bus journey north.

Government ships bound for Rangat call at Long Island, a small island off the east coast of Middle Andaman, reached from Port Blair via Havelock (Swaraj Dweep).

Lets island-hoppers continue north from Havelock (Swaraj Dweep) to Rangat on Middle Andaman without returning to Port Blair, on the government ships that link the two via Long Island.

The government ship leg from Havelock (Swaraj Dweep) north to Long Island, a stop on the Port Blair – Rangat service that also has DSS harbour-ferry links to Middle Andaman.

Government ships from Port Blair (Sri Vijaya Puram) to Mayabunder at the north end of Middle Andaman, the calling point on the Diglipur run. Most sailings go overnight.

The longest regular inter-island run in the Andaman group: government ships from Port Blair to Diglipur on North Andaman, where DSS harbour ferries continue from Aerial Bay to Smith Island; ships call at Mayabunder on the way.

The short northern leg of the government Diglipur ships, from Mayabunder on Middle Andaman across to Aerial Bay on North Andaman.

Government ships south across the Duncan Passage from Port Blair (Sri Vijaya Puram) to Hut Bay, the main port of Little Andaman, by day or overnight.

The three-night government passenger ship across the Bay of Bengal from Chennai to Port Blair (Sri Vijaya Puram), the sea alternative to flying into the Andamans, sailed by the 1,200-passenger MV Swaraj Dweep.

The government passenger ship down the Hooghly and across the Bay of Bengal from Kolkata to Port Blair (Sri Vijaya Puram), a voyage of roughly four days on MV Swaraj Dweep.