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United Arab Emirates

21 crossings between 4 ports, run by 11 operators, serving 6 cities. The busiest city is Dubai with 482 destinations, and the busiest port is Dubai with 13 crossings. 8 airports carry scheduled service, so most of this network can be left by air as well as by sea.

Cities

6 cities, each showing everything it reaches across every terminal and airport that serves it.

Dubai reaches 482 destinations
Abu Dhabi reaches 376 destinations
Sharjah reaches 316 destinations
Ras Al Khaimah reaches 158 destinations
Al Ain City reaches 50 destinations
Fujairah reaches 16 destinations

The ports that matter

Ranked by how many crossings each carries. The first is 2.6× the second.

Dubai crossings 13 crossings on record
Abu Dhabi crossings 5 crossings on record
Dibba crossings 3 crossings on record
Sharjah crossings 2 crossings on record

Who runs the boats

11 operators appear in United Arab Emirates crossings.

The longest and the shortest

14 of 21 crossings carry a time.

Longest held

Dubai – Fort Lauderdale 1080 h 00 Crystal Cruises
Abu Dhabi – East New York 912 h 00 Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Barcelona – Dubai 744 h 00 Crystal Cruises
Benoa – Dubai 600 h 00 Crystal Cruises, Oceania Cruises
Abu Dhabi – Singapore 552 h 00 Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Civitavecchia-Rome – Dubai 528 h 00 Oceania Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Dubai – Istanbul 504 h 00 Oceania Cruises

Shortest held

Doha Qatar – Dubai 24 h 00 MSC Cruises
Dubai – Jeddah 192 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys
Dubai – Mahe Island Seychelles 336 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises, Silversea Cruises
Dubai – Singapore 408 h 00 Crystal Cruises, Hapag Lloyd Cruises
Dubai – Piraeus-Athens 432 h 00 Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises
Dubai – Port Louis 480 h 00 Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Dubai – Istanbul 504 h 00 Oceania Cruises
Civitavecchia-Rome – Dubai 528 h 00 Oceania Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Every crossing we hold

All 21 of them, alphabetically, 25 at a time. Each has its own page.

Abu Dhabi – Doha Qatar not held MSC Cruises
Abu Dhabi – Dubai not held ADSB Marine Services
Abu Dhabi – East New York 912 h 00 Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Abu Dhabi – Singapore 552 h 00 Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Bandar Abbas – Sharjah not held Regional Services
Barcelona – Dubai 744 h 00 Crystal Cruises
Benoa – Dubai 600 h 00 Crystal Cruises, Oceania Cruises
Civitavecchia-Rome – Dubai 528 h 00 Oceania Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Dibba – Khasab not held
Dibba – Lima not held
Dibba – Shinas not held
Doha Qatar – Dubai 24 h 00 MSC Cruises
Dubai – Fort Lauderdale 1080 h 00 Crystal Cruises
Dubai – Istanbul 504 h 00 Oceania Cruises
Dubai – Jeddah 192 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys
Dubai – Mahe Island Seychelles 336 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises, Silversea Cruises
Dubai – Piraeus-Athens 432 h 00 Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Dubai – Port Louis 480 h 00 Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Dubai – Sharjah not held Dubai Ferry
Dubai – Singapore 408 h 00 Crystal Cruises, Hapag Lloyd Cruises, Oceania Cruises

Which months these run

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for United Arab Emirates ferry crossings were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.