Superfast X: From overnight ship to day ferry and back again

The recent announcement that Corsica Linea’s A NEPITA will be heading to Canada prompts recollection of a September 2025 voyage from Marseille to Propriano, Corsica, where we caught up with…

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Voyage from Albania: European Star (ex-St Christopher, Stena Antrim, Ibn Batouta)

Report and photographs from a crossing between Vlore, Albania and Brindisi, Italy in July 2024 © Ferry Voyager Built in 1981 as the second of two new sisters for Sealink’s…

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Viking Glory leaving Mariehamn, December 2025

2025 in images

A set of photographs from ferry travel around Europe during 2025. Click on the images for larger versions or to access the gallery.

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The new Manxman – August 2023

This voyage report was first published on The Ferry Forums – https://theferryforums.com/ On the August Bank Holiday weekend together with a couple of friends I took the opportunity to sail…

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Honfleur vs Rusadir

In April Balearia introduced the effectively brand new Rusadir (ex-Honfleur) onto their route between Malaga and the Spanish enclave of Melilla in north Africa. The history of this ship is…

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2022 in images

A set of photographs from ferry travels in 2022. Click on the images for larger versions or to access the gallery.

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Sailing on the Daleela from Limassol to Piraeus

In October 2001 Salamis Lines? Salamis Star made her final ferry crossing between Piraeus in Greece and Limassol in Cyprus, bringing an end to almost a quarter century of car…

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Thoughts on the loss of the Euroferry Olympia

Early in the morning of Friday 18th February, about ten miles north of Corfu and 25 miles west of Albania, a fire broke out on the vehicle deck of Grimaldi…

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2021 in images. Part 2 ? Southern Europe

The second part of the 2021 photo review, this time favourite pictures taken in Southern Europe during the year. Click on the images for larger versions or to access the…

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2021 in images. Part 1 ? GB & Ireland

A selection of favourite images from 2021, starting with ships operating around the UK, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and northern France. Click the image for larger versions/the gallery.

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