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 Sep 16, 2026

#	Route	Region	Operators	Distance	Crossing
1	Cebu → Ormoc	Philippines	5	55 nm	3h
2	Ios → Santorini	Greece	5	—	35m
3	Batangas → Calapan	Philippines	4	24 nm	2h
4	Calapan → Batangas	Philippines	4	24 nm	2h
5	Cebu → Tagbilaran	Philippines	4	38 nm	2h
6	Geiranger ferjekai → Hellesylt ferjekai	Norway	4	9 nm	45m
7	Hellesylt ferjekai → Geiranger ferjekai	Norway	4	9 nm	45m
8	Milos → Piraeus	Greece	4	—	4h 30m
9	Naples → Capri	Italy	4	17 nm	50m
10	Naples → Ischia	Italy	4	18 nm	1h
11	Paros → Naxos	Greece	4	—	25m
12	Piombino → Portoferraio	Italy	4	10 nm	1h
13	Piraeus → Heraklion	Greece	4	—	9h 30m
14	Sorrento → Capri	Italy	4	7 nm	20m
15	Aegina → Agistri	Greece	3	—	10m
16	Algeciras → Tánger Med	Spain	3	27 nm	1h 30m
17	Almería → Melilla	Spain	3	—	6h
18	Bari → Durrës	Italy	3	—	—
19	Cagayan de Oro → Cebu	Philippines	3	—	8h
20	Cebu → Cagayan de Oro	Philippines	3	—	8h
21	Cephalonia → Ithaca	Greece	3	6 nm	30m
22	Civitavecchia → Olbia	Italy	3	105 nm	7h 30m
23	Dapitan → Dumaguete	Philippines	3	55 nm	4h
24	Dumaguete → Dapitan	Philippines	3	55 nm	4h
25	Durrës → Bari	Albania	3	—	—
26	Heraklion → Santorini	Greece	3	63 nm	2h
27	Ibiza → Valencia	Spain	3	—	—
28	Igoumenitsa → Patras	Greece	3	102 nm	6h 30m
29	Ischia → Procida	Italy	3	6 nm	10m
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.