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Top 25 Cruise ferry operators worldwide

Name: Cruise ferry operators worldwide
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 679 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 679 cruise ferry operators worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 106,609 professional contacts across them, including 15,010 with verified work emails. Italy is the largest market and London the largest hub.

This list covers cruise ferry operators worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026. Country and city lists for cruise ferry operators follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest cruise ferry operators worldwide

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 679 cruise ferry operators worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to cruise ferry operators: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	MSC Cruises	Partial evidence	Geneva, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	14,831 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, MSC Cruises is the world’s third largest cruise lines and the market leader in Europe, South America, the Middle East and Southern Africa…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings LTD	Partial evidence	Miami, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	14,731 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(NYSE: NCLH) is a leading global cruise company which operates Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Holland America Line	Partial evidence	Seattle, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	7,754 contacts →
	Partial evidence “For more than 150 years, Holland America Line has been a recognized leader in cruising, taking our guests to exotic destinations around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	DFDS	Indirect evidence	Copenhagen, DenmarkHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	6,229 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We operate a transport network in and around Europe with an annual revenue of DKK 30bn and 15,100 full-time employees.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Aida Cruises	Indirect evidence	Rostock, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	4,477 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “AIDA - Mit einem Lächeln zur erfolgreichen Entwicklung.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Stena Line	Indirect evidence	Gothenburg, SwedenHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	2,960 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hi!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	P&o Cruises	Partial evidence	Southampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	2,488 contacts →
	Partial evidence “P&O Cruises is Britain’s favourite cruise line, welcoming guests to experience holidays with a blend of discovery, choice, relaxation and exceptional service catered towards…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	BC Ferries	Partial evidence	Victoria, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,321 contacts →
	Partial evidence “From our early beginnings with just two vessels operating on a single route, today we have grown to be one of the largest and most complex ferry systems in the world, with 37…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Star Cruises	Partial evidence	Tsimshatsui, Hong KongHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	1,478 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Star Cruises is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Genting Hong Kong, a leading global leisure, entertainment and hospitality corporation, taking on the bold initiative to grow the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	P&o Ferries	Partial evidence	Dover, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,409 contacts →
	Partial evidence “P&O Ferries is a leading pan-European ferry and logistics group at the heart of Europe’s economy and a part of DP World, the leading provider of smart logistics solutions and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Brittany Ferries	Indirect evidence	Roscoff, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,405 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Hurtigruten	Indirect evidence	Oslo, NorwayHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,313 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hurtigruten is a Norwegian shipping and travel company that sails the legendary coastal route to 34 ports between Kirkenes and Bergen – often referred to as "the world’s most…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	GNV	Indirect evidence	Genova, ItalyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,286 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “GNV operates on 33 maritime routes connecting Italy (including Sardinia and Sicily), Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Spain, France, Albania, and Malta.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Cunard	Partial evidence	Southampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	1,225 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Defining true excellence at sea with over 175 years of legendary voyages, Cunard is the operator of luxury ocean liners Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Color Line	Indirect evidence	Oslo, NorwayHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,129 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Color Line AS is Norway's largest and one of Europe's leading companies in European short sea shipping with around employees across four countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Viking Line	Indirect evidence	Mariehamn, Aland IslandsHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,036 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Viking Line is a public limited company and a market-leading brand in passenger traffic on the northern Baltic Sea.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Scylla AG	Indirect evidence	Baar, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	696 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The history of the Swiss shipping company SCYLLA AG began in the 1973 season with the MS SCYLLA.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Calmac Ferries Limited	Strong evidence	Gourock, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	690 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Caledonian MacBrayne is an award-winning ferry operator sailing to 30 island destinations across the west coast of Scotland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	City Cruises	Strong evidence	Orlando, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	670 contacts →
	Strong evidence “City Cruises, part of the Hornblower Group, is a leading global provider of unforgettable dining, sightseeing, charters and private events, live experiences, and essential ferry…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Scandlines	Strong evidence	København, DenmarkHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	653 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Scandlines is a modern and innovative ferry operator with a green vision for the future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Finnlines	Partial evidence	Helsinki, FinlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	597 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Finnlines is a leading shipping operator of freight and passenger services in the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and the Bay of Biscay.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Naviera Armas S.A	Indirect evidence	Las Palmas, SpainHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	536 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Naviera Armas was founded in 1941 and has become the most important shipping company in the Canary Islands and, after the purchase of Trasmediterranea, the national leader in the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Tallink Silja OY	Indirect evidence	Helsinki, FinlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	530 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Tallink Silja Oy is part of AS Tallink Grupp.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Tallink Grupp	Indirect evidence	Tallinn, EstoniaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	521 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “AS Tallink Grupp is one of the leading providers of passenger transport and cargo transport services in the northern part of the Baltic Sea region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Irish Ferries	Strong evidence	Dublin Port, IrelandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	491 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Irish Ferries is the market leading ferry operator to and from the Republic of Ireland and also on Dover – Calais, connecting Britain to the Continent.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: cruise ferry operators. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names cruise ferry operators.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of cruise ferry operators, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name cruise ferry operators. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Cruise ferry operators worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

14.1%Verified-email coverage

157.0Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

1.6%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

182

11-50

202

51-200

120

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among cruise ferry operators, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
Coverage: Every country. Country and city lists for cruise ferry operators are linked below.
What qualifies: Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “cruise ferry operators”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names cruise ferry operators), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among cruise ferry operators, and records with no verified work email.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 15,010 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Cruise ferry operators by location

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Every Cruise ferry operators list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names cruise ferry operators, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many cruise ferry operators are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 679 cruise ferry operators worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

MSC Cruises, headquartered in Geneva, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most cruise ferry operators?

Italy leads with 59 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (49) and Sweden (46). Every cruise ferry operators list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most cruise ferry operators?

London leads with 11 headquartered companies, followed by Stockholm (11) and Helsinki (10).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 15,010 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 679 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.