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Brazil

91 crossings between 26 ports, run by 28 operators, serving 60 cities. The busiest city is São Paulo with 340 destinations, and the busiest port is Rio de Janeiro with 35 crossings. 138 airports carry scheduled service, so most of this network can be left by air as well as by sea.

Planning a trip to Brazil

Rio de Janeiro, the main gate Somewhere to stay partner Every country we hold

Cities

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

São Paulo reaches 340 destinations

Rio de Janeiro reaches 291 destinations

Campinas reaches 201 destinations

Salvador reaches 191 destinations

Recife reaches 181 destinations

Fortaleza reaches 178 destinations

Belo Horizonte reaches 151 destinations

Brasília reaches 128 destinations

Belém reaches 114 destinations

Porto Alegre reaches 104 destinations

Curitiba reaches 103 destinations

Natal reaches 98 destinations

Showing the 12 widest-reaching of 60. Every city →

The ports that matter

Ranked by how many crossings each carries. The first is 1.6× the second.

Rio de Janeiro crossings 35 crossings on record

Santos crossings 22 crossings on record

Salvador de Bahia crossings 9 crossings on record

Belem crossings 7 crossings on record

Maceio crossings 6 crossings on record

Itajai crossings 5 crossings on record

Manaus crossings 4 crossings on record

Paranagua crossings 3 crossings on record

Nantes crossings 2 crossings on record

Santana crossings 2 crossings on record

Macapa crossings 2 crossings on record

Angra dos Reis crossings 2 crossings on record

Corvo crossings 1 crossings on record

Bombinhas crossings 1 crossings on record

The longest and the shortest

71 of 91 crossings carry a time.

Longest held

Bremerhaven – Rio de Janeiro 3408 h 00 Phoenix Reisen

Kangerlussuaq – Rio de Janeiro 2136 h 00 Seabourn Cruises

Amsterdam – Rio de Janeiro 744 h 00 Seabourn Cruises

Callao-Lima – Rio de Janeiro 744 h 00 Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Hamburg central bus station – Rio de Janeiro 648 h 00 Phoenix Reisen

Kiel central bus station – Rio de Janeiro 624 h 00 Costa Cruises

Santos – Southampton 624 h 00 MSC Cruises

East New York – Rio de Janeiro 552 h 00 Crystal Cruises

Shortest held

Corvo – Santa Cruz 40 min Atlânticoline

Itajai – Paranagua 24 h 00 MSC Cruises

Itajai – Santos 24 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises

Maceio – Salvador de Bahia 24 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises

Rio de Janeiro – Santos 24 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises

Paranagua – Santos 48 h 00 MSC Cruises

Rio de Janeiro – Salvador de Bahia 48 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises

Buenos Aires – Santos 72 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises

Every crossing we hold

All 91 of them, alphabetically, 25 at a time. Each has its own page.

Amsterdam – Rio de Janeiro 744 h 00 Seabourn Cruises

Angra dos Reis – Ilha Grande not held Angra dos Reis Turismo

Angra dos Reis – Paraty not held Colitur

Balneario Camboriu – Santos 168 h 00 MSC Cruises

Barcelona – Maceio 288 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises

Barcelona – Rio de Janeiro 360 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises

Barcelona – Salvador de Bahia 288 h 00 MSC Cruises

Barcelona – Santos 408 h 00 MSC Cruises

Belem – Callao-Lima 480 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises

Belem – Halifax 384 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises

Belem – Iquitos 456 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises

Belem – Macapa not held Companhia de Navegacao do Amapa

Belem – Manaus not held Navegacao Prates

Belem – Porto-Leixoes 288 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises

Belem – Santana not held Navegacao Prates

Bombinhas – Porto Belo not held Porto Belo Transportes Maratimos

Bremerhaven – Rio de Janeiro 3408 h 00 Phoenix Reisen

Bridgetown – Rio de Janeiro 288 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Scenic Cruises, Seabourn Cruises

Buenos Aires – Rio de Janeiro 96 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Costa Cruises, Crystal Cruises

Buenos Aires – Santos 72 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises

Callao-Lima – Rio de Janeiro 744 h 00 Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Cape Town – Rio de Janeiro 432 h 00 Silversea Cruises

Civitavecchia-Rome – Maceio 384 h 00 MSC Cruises

Civitavecchia-Rome – Rio de Janeiro 408 h 00 MSC Cruises

Civitavecchia-Rome – Salvador de Bahia 384 h 00 MSC Cruises

Civitavecchia-Rome – Santos 432 h 00 MSC Cruises

Corvo – Santa Cruz 40 min Atlânticoline

East New York – Rio de Janeiro 552 h 00 Crystal Cruises

Fernando de Noronha – Recife not held Empresa Pernambucana de Transporte

Fort Lauderdale – Manaus 312 h 00 Crystal Cruises

Fort Lauderdale – Rio de Janeiro 384 h 00 Crystal Cruises, Cunard

Funchal – Santos 336 h 00 MSC Cruises

Genoa (Fanti d'Italia/Principe bus station) – Rio de Janeiro 528 h 00 Seabourn Cruises

Genoa (Fanti d'Italia/Principe bus station) – Santos 408 h 00 MSC Cruises

Guaruja – Santos not held Dersa

Hamburg central bus station – Rio de Janeiro 648 h 00 Phoenix Reisen

Ilha Grande – Rio de Janeiro not held Angra dos Reis Turismo

Ilha do Mel – Paranagua not held Viacao Barco Iris

Ilhabela – Sao Sebastiao not held Dersa

Itajai – Lisbon (Oriente) not held Costa Cruises

Itajai – Paranagua 24 h 00 MSC Cruises

Itajai – Rio de Janeiro 72 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises

Itajai – Santa Cruz de Tenerife 336 h 00 Costa Cruises

Itajai – Santos 24 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises

Itaparica Island – Salvador de Bahia not held Travessia Maratima Salvador-Mar Grande

Kangerlussuaq – Rio de Janeiro 2136 h 00 Seabourn Cruises

Kiel central bus station – Rio de Janeiro 624 h 00 Costa Cruises

Kiel central bus station – Salvador de Bahia 528 h 00 Costa Cruises

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – Santos 336 h 00 Costa Cruises

Lisbon (Oriente) – Rio de Janeiro 336 h 00 Costa Cruises

Lisbon (Oriente) – Santos 384 h 00 Costa Cruises

Livorno – Rio de Janeiro 456 h 00 MSC Cruises

Macapa – Santana not held Navegacao Prates

Maceio – Naples (FS Park Stazione Centrale) not held MSC Cruises

Maceio – Salvador de Bahia 24 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises

Maceio – Santos 96 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises

Maceio – Valencia (Bus Station) 408 h 00 MSC Cruises

Manaus – Miami 456 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys

Manaus – San Juan 264 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys

Marseille (Saint-Charles) – Rio de Janeiro 384 h 00 MSC Cruises

Marseille (Saint-Charles) – Santos 432 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises

Miami – Rio de Janeiro 432 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Hapag Lloyd Cruises, Oceania Cruises

Montevideo – Santos 96 h 00 Costa Cruises

Morro de Sao Paulo – Salvador de Bahia not held Catamara Biotur

Nantes – Paris City 168 h 00 CroisiEurope

Nantes – Vannes (Central bus station) 192 h 00 CroisiEurope

Naples (FS Park Stazione Centrale) – Salvador de Bahia 408 h 00 MSC Cruises

Naples (FS Park Stazione Centrale) – Santos 456 h 00 MSC Cruises

Niteroi – Rio de Janeiro not held CCR Barcas

Palermo – Santos 552 h 00 MSC Cruises

Paqueta Island – Rio de Janeiro not held CCR Barcas

Paranagua – Santos 48 h 00 MSC Cruises

Punta Arenas – Rio de Janeiro 408 h 00 Oceania Cruises

Rio Grande – Sao Jose do Norte not held Transnorte Ferry

Rio de Janeiro – Salvador de Bahia 48 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises

Rio de Janeiro – San Antonio 504 h 00 Cunard

Rio de Janeiro – San Juan 336 h 00 Crystal Cruises

Rio de Janeiro – Santa Cruz de Tenerife 312 h 00 Ponant Cruises, Scenic Cruises

Rio de Janeiro – Santos 24 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises

Rio de Janeiro – Seville 528 h 00 Seabourn Cruises

Rio de Janeiro – Southampton not held Cunard

Rio de Janeiro – Tarragona 312 h 00 MSC Cruises

Rio de Janeiro – Trieste (Autostazione) 480 h 00 MSC Cruises

Rio de Janeiro – Ushuaia 360 h 00 Seabourn Cruises

Rio de Janeiro – Valparaiso-Santiago 528 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises, Scenic Cruises

Rio de Janeiro – Venice Mestre (Stazione FS) 480 h 00 MSC Cruises

Salvador de Bahia – Santos 72 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises

Santa Cruz de Tenerife – Santos 312 h 00 Costa Cruises

Santos – Southampton 624 h 00 MSC Cruises

Santos – Tarragona 360 h 00 MSC Cruises

Santos – Valencia (Bus Station) 384 h 00 MSC Cruises

Which months these run

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

Our records for Brazil 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.