Cruiseferry
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A cruiseferry is a ship that combines the features of a cruise ship and a Ro-Pax ferry. Many passengers travel with the ships for the cruise experience, staying only a few hours at the destination port or not leaving the ship at all, while others use the ships as means of transportation. Cruiseferry traffic is mainly concentrated in the seas of Northern Europe, especially the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. However, similar ships traffic across the English Channel as well as the Irish Sea, Mediterranean and even on the North Atlantic. Cruiseferries also operate from India, China and Australia.
Baltic Sea cruiseferries
In the northern Baltic Sea, two major rival companies, Viking Line and Silja Line, have for decades competed on the routes between Turku and Helsinki in Finland and Sweden's capital Stockholm. Since the 1990s Tallink has also risen as a major company in the area, culminating with acquisition of Silja Line in 2006.
List of largest cruiseferries of their time
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The term "cruiseferry" did not come into use until the 1980s, although it has been retroactively applied to earlier ferries that have large cabin capabilities and public spaces in addition to their car- and passenger-carrying capacity.[citation needed]
List of cruiseferry operators
Åland
Australia
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Canada
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Croatia
Denmark
Estonia
Faroe Islands
Finland
- Finland Eckerö Line
- Finland Silja Line (operated by Estonia Tallink)
- Finland (Åland) Viking Line
- Finland Finnlines
- Finland Wasa Line
France
Greece
- Greece ANEK Lines
- Greece Blue Star Ferries
- Greece Hellenic Seaways
- Greece LANE Lines
- Greece Levante Ferries
- Greece Minoan Lines
- Greece NEL Lines
- Greece Superfast Ferries
- Greece Ventouris Ferries
Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Genting Hong Kong (defunct)[1]
Ireland
- Republic of Ireland Brittany Ferries
- Republic of Ireland DFDS Seaways
- Republic of Ireland Irish Ferries
- Republic of Ireland P&O Ferries[2]
- Republic of Ireland Stena Line
Italy
- Italy Grandi Navi Veloci
- Italy Grimaldi Lines
- Italy Corsica Ferries
- Italy Moby Lines
- Italy Tirrenia di Navigazione
Mexico
Norway
Poland
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
- File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg UK P&O Ferries
- File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg UK NorthLink Ferries
- File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg UK Condor Ferries
- File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg UK Irish Ferries
- File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg UK Stena Line
- File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg UK Caledonian MacBrayne
Japan
Gallery
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Pont-Aven, Brittany Ferries' flagship.
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M/S Silja Europa, the largest cruiseferry in the world 1993–2001.
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M/S Cinderella departing Helsinki.
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M/S Color Fantasy, the largest cruiseferry in the world 2004–2007.
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MS Cruise Roma in Civitavecchia, Italy.
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MS Galaxy in Helsinki West Harbour.
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MV Cap Finistère of Brittany Ferries sailing from Portsmouth International Port, UK for Bilbao, Spain.
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See also
References
- ↑ Ngui, Yantoultra (2022). "How a Billionaire's Cruise Empire Imploded in Hong Kong". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2 November 2024 – via EBSCOhost.
- ↑ "Travelscene boosts options in Cruiseferry programme". Travel Trade Gazette UK & Ireland. No. 2534. 2002. p. 63. Retrieved 2 November 2024 – via EBSCOhost.
