Ferries by Sea & Region
Browse the world’s ferry networks by the water they cross, with every route, operator, port hub and ship in each region.
Irish Sea
The Irish Sea ferry network links Ireland and Northern Ireland with Wales, Scotland and England, and continues across the Celtic Sea to France. Sailings range from short North Channel hops to overnight crossings with cabins.
16 routesEnglish Channel
The English Channel carries Europe’s busiest ferry traffic: short Dover Strait crossings to Calais and Dunkirk, longer Western Channel routes to Normandy and Brittany, and the Solent ferries to the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands.
6 routesNorth Sea
North Sea ferries are mostly overnight cruise-ferries, connecting Britain with the Netherlands and Scandinavia, plus the northern isles of Orkney and Shetland and short Skagerrak crossings between Denmark and Norway.
8 routesBaltic Sea
The Baltic is a sea of big cruise-ferries and fast shuttles: Helsinki–Tallinn, overnight Helsinki–Stockholm through the Åland archipelago, and Germany–Scandinavia links such as Puttgarden–Rødby and Kiel–Oslo.
17 routesAegean Sea
The Aegean is the world’s great island-hopping sea: ferries from Piraeus and Rafina fan out to the Cyclades, Dodecanese and Crete, with short crossings to the Turkish coast.
5 routesAdriatic Sea
Adriatic ferries link Italy with Croatia and Greece, and thread through Croatia’s Dalmatian islands. Long overnight crossings let drivers avoid the Balkan roads.
18 routesWestern Mediterranean
Western Mediterranean ferries serve the Balearics, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, the Gulf of Naples islands and Morocco across the Strait of Gibraltar, from short hydrofoil hops to overnight cruise-ferries.
12 routesCaribbean
Caribbean ferries connect islands where there is a scheduled service: the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico’s Vieques and Culebra, the French Antilles and Dominica, St Barths, the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, and Mexico’s Riviera Maya.