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
[edit]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
[edit]Åland
[edit]Australia
[edit]Canada
[edit]Croatia
[edit]Denmark
[edit]Estonia
[edit]Faroe Islands
[edit]Finland
[edit]Eckerö Line
Silja Line (operated by
Tallink)
(
) Viking Line
Finnlines
Wasa Line
France
[edit]Greece
[edit]ANEK Lines
Blue Star Ferries
Hellenic Seaways
LANE Lines
Levante Ferries
Minoan Lines
NEL Lines
Superfast Ferries
Ventouris Ferries
Ireland
[edit]Italy
[edit]Mexico
[edit]Norway
[edit]Poland
[edit]Spain
[edit]Sweden
[edit]United Kingdom
[edit]UK P&O Ferries
UK NorthLink Ferries
UK Condor Ferries
UK Irish Ferries
UK Stena Line
UK Caledonian MacBrayne
Japan
[edit]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.
See also
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