Operator ·

Blue Star Ferries

438 crossings between 73 ports in 3 countries. On 121 they are the only operator on the water; on 27 they are the quickest of several; on 113 a rival is faster. Founded 2000 in Athens.

Sailing with Blue Star Ferries

Their own site Their busiest port

Three things the timetable does not say

6 of 21 services marketed as fast actually average over 45 km/h door to door. The other 15 are fast craft on routes with enough calls that the average comes out at conventional speed.

28% alone of their network has no rival at all. On those 121 crossings the question is not who is quicker — it is whether you sail. A comparison site showing one result is not showing you a choice.

113 beaten crossings where another operator is quicker on the same water. Their own site cannot tell you this, and a booking engine sorted by price will not.

98 untimed crossings carry no duration anywhere we can source. They are counted in the 438 and left blank in the bars.

Where they are beaten

118 crossings where a rival is faster or the two are level. This is the section an operator would never publish.

Iraklia – Schinoussa 4 km Blue Star Ferries 5 min SeaJets 5 min rate not held 2 rivals

Aegina – Agistri 7 km Blue Star Ferries 10 min Aegean Flying Dolphins 10 min 4× daily 3 rivals

Ios – Sikinos 12 km Blue Star Ferries 25 min SeaJets 10 min rate not held 2 rivals

Koufonissi – Schinoussa 11 km Blue Star Ferries 30 min SeaJets 10 min rate not held 2 rivals

Lipsi – Patmos 20 km Blue Star Ferries 30 min Dodekanisos Seaways 20 min rate not held 2 rivals

Mykonos – Tinos 20 km Blue Star Ferries 30 min SeaJets 15 min daily 3 rivals

Hydra – Poros 17 km Blue Star Ferries 35 min Magic Sea Ferries 25 min 4× daily 2 rivals

Hydra – Spetses 29 km Blue Star Ferries 35 min Alpha Lines 30 min 4× daily 3 rivals

Syros – Tinos 25 km Blue Star Ferries 35 min SeaJets 15 min daily 1 rival

Aegina – Piraeus-Athens 38 km Blue Star Ferries 40 min Aegean Flying Dolphins 35 min 8× daily 7 rivals

Folegandros – Sikinos 19 km Blue Star Ferries 40 min SeaJets 15 min rate not held 2 rivals

Katapola – Koufonissi 26 km Blue Star Ferries 40 min SeaJets 25 min rate not held 2 rivals

Leros – Lipsi 20 km Blue Star Ferries 40 min Dodekanisos Seaways 20 min rate not held 2 rivals

Iraklia – Koufonissi 14 km Blue Star Ferries 50 min SeaJets 25 min rate not held 2 rivals

Kalymnos – Kos 28 km Blue Star Ferries 50 min Dodekanisos Seaways 35 min rate not held 4 rivals

Naxos – Paros 20 km Blue Star Ferries 50 min SeaJets 30 min daily 3 rivals

Serifos – Sifnos 22 km Blue Star Ferries 50 min SeaJets 20 min rate not held 4 rivals

Kalymnos – Leros 23 km Blue Star Ferries 55 min Dodekanisos Seaways 45 min rate not held 3 rivals

Leros – Patmos 35 km Blue Star Ferries 55 min Dodekanisos Seaways 45 min rate not held 2 rivals

Mykonos – Paros 45 km Blue Star Ferries 55 min SeaJets 45 min rate not held 3 rivals

Ios – Santorini (Thira) Blue Star Ferries 1 h 10 SeaJets 40 min rate not held 4 rivals

Rhodes – Symi 40 km Blue Star Ferries 1 h 10 Sea Dreams 1 h 05 rate not held 5 rivals

Kos – Nisyros 34 km Blue Star Ferries 1 h 14 Dodekanisos Seaways 45 min rate not held 3 rivals

Folegandros – Ios 31 km Blue Star Ferries 1 h 15 SeaJets 30 min rate not held 2 rivals

Ios – Naxos 44 km Blue Star Ferries 1 h 15 SeaJets 45 min rate not held 1 rival

Poros – Spetses 37 km Blue Star Ferries 1 h 15 Alpha Lines 1 h 10 4× daily 3 rivals

Fournoi – Patmos 29 km Blue Star Ferries 1 h 20 Dodekanisos Seaways 1 h 20 rate not held 1 rival

Ios – Santorini (Thira) Blue Star Ferries 1 h 20 SeaJets 40 min rate not held 4 rivals

Mykonos – Syros 34 km Blue Star Ferries 1 h 20 SeaJets 30 min daily 1 rival

Naxos – Schinoussa 29 km Blue Star Ferries 1 h 20 SeaJets 45 min rate not held 2 rivals

Folegandros – Kimolos 38 km Blue Star Ferries 1 h 30 Cyclades Fast Ferries 1 h 10 rate not held 1 rival

Kalymnos – Lipsi 43 km Blue Star Ferries 1 h 30 Dodekanisos Seaways 1 h 10 rate not held 2 rivals

Paros – Syros 43 km Blue Star Ferries 1 h 40 SeaJets 1 h 25 rate not held 1 rival

Athens – Hydra Blue Star Ferries 1 h 47 Alpha Lines 1 h 15 5× daily 2 rivals

Hydra – Piraeus-Athens 74 km Blue Star Ferries 1 h 50 Alpha Lines 1 h 10 5× daily 2 rivals

Andros – Tinos 50 km Blue Star Ferries 1 h 55 SeaJets 50 min rate not held 3 rivals

Ios – Mykonos 83 km Blue Star Ferries 1 h 55 Golden Star Ferries 1 h 55 rate not held 3 rivals

Kos – Leros 46 km Blue Star Ferries 2 h 05 Dodekanisos Seaways 1 h 25 rate not held 3 rivals

Showing the first 40 of 118.

Where they are the only boat

121 crossings with no other operator on record.

Evdilos – Fourni 10 min rate not held

Agios Kirikos – Fourni 26 min rate not held

Amorgos – Donoussa 42 min rate not held 31 km

Anafi – Santorini (Thira) 1 h 15 rate not held

Fourni – Patmos 1 h 18 rate not held

Alonissos – Glossa 1 h 28 rate not held 22 km

Aegiali – Astypalea 1 h 29 rate not held 52 km

Amorgos – Naxos 2 h 07 rate not held 56 km

Donoussa – Paros 2 h 10 rate not held 57 km

Katapola – Patmos 2 h 15 rate not held 82 km

Astypalea – Donoussa 2 h 26 rate not held 79 km

Chios – Lesvos/Mytilini 2 h 53 daily 90 km

Aegiali – Paros 3 h 10 rate not held 76 km

Amorgos – Paros 3 h 10 rate not held 72 km

Fourni – Mykonos 3 h 13 rate not held

Katapola – Kos 3 h 15 rate not held 127 km

Katapola – Leros 3 h 30 rate not held 95 km

Anafi – Naxos 3 h 45 rate not held 92 km

Astypalea – Naxos 3 h 51 rate not held 107 km

Patmos – Syros 3 h 55 rate not held 142 km

Iraklia – Syros 4 h 05 rate not held 80 km

Fourni – Syros 4 h 11 rate not held

Donoussa – Syros 4 h 15 rate not held 85 km

Lipsi – Nisyros 4 h 20 rate not held 83 km

Schinoussa – Syros 4 h 25 rate not held 81 km

Kos – Santorini Thira 4 h 30 rate not held

Nisyros – Patmos 4 h 45 rate not held 95 km

Astypalea – Paros 4 h 56 rate not held 123 km

Leros – Syros 5 h 10 rate not held 173 km

Chios – Fourni 5 h 12 rate not held

Aegiali – Syros 5 h 15 rate not held 110 km

Anafi – Paros 5 h 20 rate not held 99 km

Kastelorizo – Symi 5 h 35 rate not held 165 km

Lipsi – Tilos 5 h 35 rate not held 113 km

Patmos – Tilos 6 h 10 rate not held 126 km

Katapola – Rhodes 6 h 20 rate not held 215 km

Kalymnos – Syros 6 h 35 rate not held 189 km

Donoussa – Piraeus-Athens 6 h 45 rate not held 207 km

Donoussa – Piraeus-Athens 6 h 45 rate not held 212 km

Santorini (Thira) – Sitia 6 h 45 rate not held

Showing the first 40 of 121.

Which months they sail

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

Our records for Blue Star Ferries 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.

Where our records stop

No fares. Every comparison on this page is time and frequency only, and the fast-versus-conventional decision is mostly a price decision.

No departure times. 32 of 438 crossings carry a weekly rate; none carry a clock.

No vessels. We hold a fast/conventional class and no ship names.

Operator identity from Wikidata (Blue Star Ferries).