Operator comparisons
Compare ferry operators
When two ferry companies run the same crossing, which should you pick? These side-by-side comparisons cover their route networks, fleets and the sailings they both serve — objectively, from the data we track.
Most closely matched rivals
The operator pairs that go head-to-head on the most crossings.
All comparisons
- Blue Star Ferries vs SeaJets20 shared
- Havila vs Hurtigruten15 shared
- Blue Star Ferries vs Dodekanisos Seaways12 shared
- Trafikverket Färjerederiet vs Västtrafik12 shared
- Strömma vs Waxholmsbolaget9 shared
- Cokaliong Shipping Lines Inc. vs Lite Ferries7 shared
- OceanJet vs SuperCat Fast Ferry Corporation7 shared
- Blue Star Ferries vs Hellenic Seaways6 shared
- Liberty Lines vs Siremar6 shared
- 2GO Travel vs Lite Ferries6 shared
- Lite Ferries vs OceanJet6 shared
- Grandi Navi Veloci vs Tirrenia6 shared
- Fast Ferries vs SeaJets6 shared
- Caremar vs SNAV5 shared
- FastCat vs Lite Ferries5 shared
- Fred. Olsen Express vs Naviera Armas5 shared
- Golden Star Ferries vs SeaJets5 shared
- Lite Ferries vs SuperCat Fast Ferry Corporation4 shared
- Kefalonian Lines vs Levante Ferries4 shared
- Jadrolinija vs Krilo (Kapetan Luka)4 shared
- Blue Star Ferries vs Fast Ferries4 shared
- SL vs Waxholmsbolaget4 shared
- Blue Star Ferries vs Minoan Lines4 shared
- Baleària vs Transmediterránea acciona3 shared
- Alilauro vs Caremar3 shared
- Blue Star Ferries vs Small Cyclades Lines3 shared
- Caremar vs Medmar3 shared
- Alilauro vs SNAV3 shared
- Cokaliong Shipping Lines Inc. vs OceanJet3 shared
- Fast Ferries vs Golden Star Ferries3 shared
- Grimaldi Lines vs Moby Lines3 shared
- Blue Star Ferries vs Golden Star Ferries3 shared
- Hellenic Seaways vs Magic Sea Ferries3 shared
- Hellenic Seaways vs SeaJets3 shared
- Miatours vs TP Line3 shared
- Minoan Lines vs SeaJets3 shared
- Minoan Lines vs Superfast Ferries3 shared
- Alilauro vs NLG3 shared
- Ressels Rederi vs Stockholms stad3 shared
- Stavsnäs Båttaxi vs Waxholmsbolaget3 shared
- Baleària vs Fred. Olsen Express3 shared
What a comparison actually compares
Each page puts two operators side by side on the things a timetable can prove: which crossings they both run, how long each takes with either company, how many sailings a day each publishes, and how far their networks reach beyond the shared route. Nothing here is scored or starred — we hold schedules, not the comfort of a seat.
Where two companies share a crossing, the difference is usually not the boat. It is departure times that suit a different kind of traveller, a fast craft against a car ferry, or a season one of them sits out. That is what the tables are built to show.
Fares appear only where an operator publishes a starting price we can attribute; a comparison of one published fare against another company’s silence would be worse than leaving the column out. Booking happens on the operator’s own site — we take no commission, so there is no cheaper-looking option we are steering you towards.
Reading the shared-route count
The number on each card is how many crossings both companies appear on in our data. A high count can mean genuine competition on every sailing, or a network where one operator runs the boat and the other sells the ticket — the pair’s own page separates the two, and each operator page lists the routes it actually runs.