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 Oct 30, 2026

#	Route	Region	Operators	Distance	Crossing
1	Cebu → Ormoc	Philippines	5	55 nm	3h
2	Sandhamn brygga → Telegrafholmen brygga	Sweden	5	—	5m
3	Telegrafholmen brygga → Sandhamn brygga	Sweden	5	—	8m
4	Batangas → Calapan	Philippines	4	24 nm	2h
5	Calapan → Batangas	Philippines	4	24 nm	2h
6	Cebu → Tagbilaran	Philippines	4	38 nm	2h
7	Geiranger ferjekai → Hellesylt ferjekai	Norway	4	9 nm	45m
8	Hellesylt ferjekai → Geiranger ferjekai	Norway	4	9 nm	45m
9	Milos → Piraeus	Greece	4	—	4h 30m
10	Piombino → Portoferraio	Italy	4	10 nm	1h
11	Piraeus → Heraklion	Greece	4	—	9h 30m
12	Aegina → Agistri	Greece	3	—	10m
13	Algeciras → Tánger Med	Spain	3	27 nm	1h 30m
14	Almería → Melilla	Spain	3	—	6h
15	Bari → Durrës	Italy	3	—	—
16	Barnängen brygga → Luma brygga	Sweden	3	—	5m
17	Cagayan de Oro → Cebu	Philippines	3	—	8h
18	Cebu → Cagayan de Oro	Philippines	3	—	8h
19	Cephalonia → Ithaca	Greece	3	6 nm	30m
20	Civitavecchia → Olbia	Italy	3	105 nm	7h 30m
21	Dapitan → Dumaguete	Philippines	3	55 nm	4h
22	Dumaguete → Dapitan	Philippines	3	55 nm	4h
23	Durrës → Bari	Albania	3	—	—
24	Gåshaga brygga → Vaxholm Hotellkajen	Sweden	3	—	25m
25	Gränna färjeläge → Visingsö färjeläge	Sweden	3	3 nm	30m
26	Grinda Södra bryggan → Gällnö brygga	Sweden	3	—	15m
27	Henriksdal brygga → Barnängen brygga	Sweden	3	—	5m
28	Ibiza → Valencia	Spain	3	—	—
29	Igoumenitsa → Patras	Greece	3	102 nm	6h 30m
30	Kos → Bodrum	Greece	3	11 nm	30m

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.