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Ferries

A ship that carries passengers, and often vehicles, on a regular route. Ro-pax ferries carry both. Voydar tracks 996 ships of this type by IMO number, 182 of them heard on AIS in the last 7 days.

Ship types explained

Part of: Passenger ships

Largest ferries by gross tonnage

Gross tonnage measures a ship's enclosed volume, not its weight. From the ship's registered particulars (Wikidata, EU MRV and other public sources).

ShipGTBuiltFlagLast AIS
Tanit52,6452012TunisiaOct 1, 2026, 19:40 UTC
La Superba49,2572002—not on AIS
JANTAR UNITY48,6272025CyprusOct 1, 2026, 20:10 UTC
EUROPALINK46,1192007ItalyOct 1, 2026, 12:02 UTC
Finnmaid45,9232006FinlandOct 1, 2026, 19:48 UTC
Varsovia41,8782024CyprusOct 1, 2026, 12:03 UTC
Galicia41,6712020FranceOct 1, 2026, 19:02 UTC
PONT AVEN40,8592004FranceOct 1, 2026, 17:59 UTC
Excelsior40,1931999ItalyOct 1, 2026, 20:36 UTC
Star Pisces40,0121990—not on AIS

Newest ferries

By year built, from the ship's registered particulars.

ShipGTBuiltFlagLast AIS
JANTAR UNITY48,6272025CyprusOct 1, 2026, 20:10 UTC
Sunflower Kamuy15,6002025—not on AIS
Sunflower Pirka15,5122025—not on AIS
Keyaki14,1572025JapanJun 9, 2026, 13:48 UTC
Varsovia41,8782024CyprusOct 1, 2026, 12:03 UTC
Penghu9,9802023—not on AIS
IMO 99700902,4502023—not on AIS
Osumi No. 111,4432023—not on AIS
Teluk Bahang—2023—not on AIS
Teluk Kumbar—2023—not on AIS

Flags

The flags ferries in Voydar's records sail under most often.

Recently seen on AIS