Operator ·

Dodekanisos Seaways

105 crossings between 18 ports . On 35 they are the only operator on the water; on 56 they are the quickest of several; on 5 a rival is faster.

Sailing with Dodekanisos Seaways

Their busiest port

Three things the timetable does not say

11 of 44 services marketed as fast actually average over 45 km/h door to door. The other 33 are fast craft on routes with enough calls that the average comes out at conventional speed.

33% alone of their network has no rival at all. On those 35 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.

5 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.

20 untimed crossings carry no duration anywhere we can source. They are counted in the 105 and left blank in the bars.

Where they are beaten

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

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

Rhodes – Symi 40 km Dodekanisos Seaways 1 h 25 Sea Dreams 1 h 05 daily 5 rivals

Symi – Tilos 46 km Dodekanisos Seaways 1 h 40 Blue Star Ferries 1 h 35 rate not held 2 rivals

Chalki – Rhodes 61 km Dodekanisos Seaways 1 h 50 Blue Star Ferries 1 h 45 rate not held 4 rivals

Panormitis – Rhodes 36 km Dodekanisos Seaways 2 h 20 Sea Dreams 1 h 05 daily 2 rivals

Kalymnos – Nisyros 39 km Dodekanisos Seaways 2 h 25 Blue Star Ferries 2 h 25 rate not held 2 rivals

Astypalea – Kalymnos 72 km Dodekanisos Seaways 2 h 30 Blue Star Ferries 2 h 12 rate not held 1 rival

Where they are the only boat

35 crossings with no other operator on record.

Fournoi – Pythagorio 1 h 10 rate not held 43 km

Chalki – Nisyros 1 h 20 rate not held 61 km

Kos – Panormitis 1 h 20 rate not held 63 km

Chalki – Kos 2 h 10 rate not held 81 km

Leros – Panormitis 2 h 22 rate not held 109 km

Agathonisi – Kos 2 h 30 rate not held 69 km

Arki – Kos 2 h 40 rate not held 73 km

Chalki – Kalymnos 2 h 55 rate not held 98 km

Astypalea – Leros 3 h 20 rate not held 79 km

Astypalea – Lipsi 3 h 45 rate not held 91 km

Agathonisi – Symi 3 h 50 rate not held 121 km

Kos – Pythagorio 3 h 55 rate not held 93 km

Astypalea – Patmos 4 h 10 rate not held 88 km

Arki – Astypalea 4 h 35 rate not held 99 km

Agathonisi – Rhodes 4 h 55 rate not held 159 km

Astypalea – Chalki 4 h 55 rate not held 118 km

Agathonisi – Astypalea 5 h 10 rate not held 115 km

Astypalea – Pythagorio 5 h 50 rate not held 137 km

Arki – Rhodes 6 h 55 rate not held 169 km

Pythagorio – Symi 8 h 15 rate not held 143 km

Pythagorio – Rhodes 9 h 10 rate not held 179 km

Agathonisi – Symi not held rate not held 121 km

Astypalea – Chalki not held rate not held 118 km

Kalymnos – Panormitis not held rate not held 89 km

Kos – Panormitis not held rate not held 63 km

Pythagorio – Symi not held rate not held 143 km

Agios Kirikos – Fournoi not held rate not held 17 km

Agios Kirikos – Patmos not held rate not held 39 km

Agios Kirikos – Lipsi not held rate not held 54 km

Agios Kirikos – Leros not held rate not held 73 km

Agios Kirikos – Kalymnos not held rate not held 96 km

Agios Kirikos – Kos not held rate not held 119 km

Agios Kirikos – Pythagorio not held rate not held 58 km

Agios Kirikos – Rhodes not held rate not held 216 km

Which months they sail

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

Our records for Dodekanisos Seaways 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. 13 of 105 crossings carry a weekly rate; none carry a clock.

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