Ferry data study

The busiest ferry corridors

Name: The busiest ferry corridors
Creator: Ferry Schedule Hub
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Crossings served by the most competing ferry operators — usually the most frequent and most flexible routes to book.

30 entries · Last updated Jun 18, 2026

#	Route	Region	Operators	Distance	Crossing
1	Ios → Santorini	Greece	5	—	20m
2	Geiranger ferjekai → Hellesylt ferjekai	Norway	4	9 nm	45m
3	Hellesylt ferjekai → Geiranger ferjekai	Norway	4	9 nm	45m
4	Milos → Piraeus	Greece	4	—	3h 15m
5	Naples → Capri	Italy	4	17 nm	50m
6	Naples → Ischia	Italy	4	18 nm	50m
7	Paros → Naxos	Greece	4	—	25m
8	Piombino → Portoferaio	Italy	4	—	40m
9	Piraeus → Heraklion	Greece	4	—	7h 20m
10	Sorrento → Capri	Italy	4	7 nm	20m
11	Aegina → Agistri	Greece	3	—	10m
12	Ancona → Igoumenitsa	Italy	3	—	—
13	Cebu → Ormoc	Philippines	3	—	3h
14	Civitavecchia → Olbia	Italy	3	155 nm	7h
15	Igoumenitsa → Patras	Greece	3	102 nm	6h 30m
16	Ischia → Procida	Italy	3	6 nm	10m
17	Kos → Bodrum	Greece	3	11 nm	30m
18	Naxos → Mykonos	Greece	3	20 nm	35m
19	Paros → Santorini	Greece	3	42 nm	1h 30m
20	Piraeus → Chios	Greece	3	—	7h 25m
21	Piraeus → Santorini	Greece	3	—	4h 45m
22	Piraeus → Syros	Greece	3	—	2h
23	Roscoff → Île de Batz	France	3	—	—
24	Syros → Mykonos	Greece	3	—	25m
25	Aberdeen → Po Toi Island	Hong Kong	2	8 nm	30m
26	Ålesund kystrutekai → Molde kystrutekai	Norway	2	32 nm	2h 35m
27	Almería → Melilla	Spain	2	—	7h
28	Anafi → Santorini	Greece	2	—	1h 10m
29	Ancona → Corfu	Italy	2	—	—
30	Antikythera → Kythera	Greece	2	—	1h 35m

What this tells you

More operators on a route generally means more daily departures and more fare choice. These corridors are the easiest to travel spontaneously.

Ranked by the number of distinct operators serving each indexable crossing between active ports, based on the routes tracked on Ferry Schedule Hub.