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Emerald Cruises

126 crossings between 67 ports in 41 countries. On 43 they are the only operator on the water; on 16 they are the quickest of several; on 43 a rival is faster.

Sailing with Emerald Cruises

Their busiest port

Three things the timetable does not say

34% alone of their network has no rival at all. On those 43 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.

43 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.

5 untimed crossings carry no duration anywhere we can source. They are counted in the 126 and left blank in the bars.

Where they are beaten

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

Budapest – Prague (Central Bus Station Florenc) 444 km Emerald Cruises 72 h 00 FlixBus-eu 6 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Amsterdam – Paris City Emerald Cruises 72 h 00 Scenic Cruises 72 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Amsterdam – Brussels 6087 km Emerald Cruises 72 h 00 Scenic Cruises 72 h 00 rate not held 7 rivals

Amsterdam – London-Tilbury Emerald Cruises 72 h 00 Scenic Cruises 72 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Laem Chabang – Siem Reap Emerald Cruises 72 h 00 Scenic Cruises 72 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Madrid – Porto-Leixoes Emerald Cruises 72 h 00 Scenic Cruises 24 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Lisbon (Oriente) – Porto-Leixoes Emerald Cruises 72 h 00 Riviera Travel 24 h 00 rate not held 4 rivals

Lyon (Gerland Bus Station) – land tour Emerald Cruises 96 h 00 Scylla Cruises 72 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals

Budapest – Vienna Erdberg (Busterminal VIB) 214 km Emerald Cruises 120 h 00 FlixBus-eu 2 h 30 rate not held 7 rivals

Bucharest (bus station Militari) – Prague (Central Bus Station Florenc) 1081 km Emerald Cruises 120 h 00 Scenic Cruises 120 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals

Marigot – Philipsburg St Maarten Emerald Cruises 168 h 00 SeaDream Yacht Club 168 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals

Amsterdam – Basel 569 km Emerald Cruises 168 h 00 Scenic Cruises 120 h 00 rate not held 10 rivals

Budapest – Passau 434 km Emerald Cruises 168 h 00 CroisiEurope 144 h 00 rate not held 4 rivals

Amsterdam – Lyon (Gerland Bus Station) 737 km Emerald Cruises 168 h 00 Avalon Waterways 168 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals

Budapest – Regensburg 540 km Emerald Cruises 168 h 00 Uniworld 168 h 00 rate not held 4 rivals

Dubrovnik – Venice Mestre (Stazione FS) 555 km Emerald Cruises 168 h 00 Windstar Cruises 96 h 00 rate not held 7 rivals

Dubrovnik – Piraeus-Athens Emerald Cruises 168 h 00 Seabourn Cruises 168 h 00 rate not held 6 rivals

Lyon (Gerland Bus Station) – Villefranche-sur-Mer 299 km Emerald Cruises 168 h 00 Scenic Cruises 72 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Lyon (Gerland Bus Station) – Porto-Leixoes Emerald Cruises 168 h 00 Scenic Cruises 168 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

San Juan – St Thomas Island USVI Emerald Cruises 168 h 00 SeaDream Yacht Club 168 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Bridgetown – Philipsburg St Maarten Emerald Cruises 168 h 00 Seabourn Cruises 168 h 00 rate not held 4 rivals

Phuket (Rassada Pier) – Singapore 951 km Emerald Cruises 168 h 00 Ritz Carlton Yacht Collection 144 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals

Lyon (Gerland Bus Station) – Marseille (Saint-Charles) 275 km Emerald Cruises 192 h 00 FlixBus-eu 3 h 45 rate not held 2 rivals

Bucharest (bus station Militari) – Budapest 643 km Emerald Cruises 192 h 00 CroisiEurope 96 h 00 rate not held 5 rivals

Budapest – Munich central bus station 562 km Emerald Cruises 192 h 00 Tauck River Cruises 192 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals

Basel – Frankfurt central train station 296 km Emerald Cruises 192 h 00 Avalon Waterways 96 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals

Phnom Penh – Saigon 204 km Emerald Cruises 192 h 00 Avalon Waterways 192 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Miami – San Juan 1661 km Emerald Cruises 192 h 00 Ritz Carlton Yacht Collection 144 h 00 rate not held 8 rivals

Istanbul – Piraeus-Athens Emerald Cruises 192 h 00 Viking Cruises 144 h 00 rate not held 15 rivals

Barcelona – Villefranche-sur-Mer 494 km Emerald Cruises 192 h 00 Ponant Cruises 120 h 00 rate not held 6 rivals

Panama City – Puntarenas 593 km Emerald Cruises 192 h 00 Star Clippers 192 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals

Basel – Mainz central train station (exit West) 274 km Emerald Cruises 192 h 00 Scenic Cruises 192 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Barcelona – Malaga 769 km Emerald Cruises 216 h 00 Costa Cruises 96 h 00 rate not held 8 rivals

Malaga – Villefranche-sur-Mer 1261 km Emerald Cruises 216 h 00 Silversea Cruises 144 h 00 rate not held 7 rivals

Barcelona – Palma de Mallorca 204 km Emerald Cruises 240 h 00 Balearia 7 h 15 rate not held 5 rivals

Busan – Kobe-Osaka Emerald Cruises 240 h 00 Costa Cruises 72 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Arles – Paris City Emerald Cruises 240 h 00 Avalon Waterways 168 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals

Hong Kong – Saigon 1508 km Emerald Cruises 240 h 00 Azamara Cruises 192 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals

Paris City – Villefranche-sur-Mer Emerald Cruises 240 h 00 Scenic Cruises 72 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Benoa – Darwin 1757 km Emerald Cruises 240 h 00 Regent Seven Seas Cruises 144 h 00 rate not held 4 rivals

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Where they are the only boat

43 crossings with no other operator on record.

Passau – Prague (Central Bus Station Florenc) 72 h 00 rate not held 184 km

Phnom Penh – Siem Reap 72 h 00 rate not held 231 km

Arles – Villefranche-sur-Mer 72 h 00 rate not held 404 km

Barcelona – Porto-Leixoes 72 h 00 rate not held

Bridgetown – Marigot 168 h 00 rate not held 664 km

Larnaca – Piraeus-Athens 168 h 00 rate not held

Porto-Leixoes – Villefranche-sur-Mer 168 h 00 rate not held

Malaga – Seville 192 h 00 rate not held 17360 km

Aqaba – Sokhna 240 h 00 rate not held 4075 km

Larnaca – Sokhna 240 h 00 rate not held 4148 km

Lisbon (Oriente) – Lyon (Gerland Bus Station) 240 h 00 rate not held 1388 km

Saigon – Singapore 240 h 00 rate not held 1107 km

Cairns – Port Moresby 240 h 00 rate not held 841 km

Basel – Copenhagen Busterminal 264 h 00 rate not held 969 km

Cairo – Jeddah 264 h 00 rate not held 1241 km

Jeddah – Sokhna 264 h 00 rate not held 3878 km

Rome City – Santa Cruz de Tenerife 264 h 00 rate not held 6295 km

Palma de Mallorca – Rome City 264 h 00 rate not held 7091 km

Piraeus-Athens – Rome City 264 h 00 rate not held

Benoa – Port Moresby 264 h 00 rate not held 3506 km

Aqaba – Larnaca 288 h 00 rate not held 613 km

Mahe Island Seychelles – Mombasa 288 h 00 rate not held

Villefranche-sur-Mer – land tour 288 h 00 rate not held

Aqaba – Jeddah 288 h 00 rate not held 988 km

Barcelona – Rome City 288 h 00 rate not held 6949 km

Puntarenas – land tour 312 h 00 rate not held

Aqaba – Piraeus-Athens 312 h 00 rate not held

Miami – St Thomas Island USVI 336 h 00 rate not held

Busan – Hong Kong 336 h 00 rate not held 2027 km

Dubrovnik – Villefranche-sur-Mer 360 h 00 rate not held 881 km

Amsterdam – Marseille (Saint-Charles) 360 h 00 rate not held 1009 km

Amsterdam – Villefranche-sur-Mer 360 h 00 rate not held 981 km

Mahe Island Seychelles – land tour 360 h 00 rate not held

Bucharest (bus station Militari) – Regensburg 384 h 00 rate not held 1181 km

Seville – Villefranche-sur-Mer 408 h 00 rate not held 16470 km

Siem Reap – Singapore 504 h 00 rate not held 1345 km

Brussels – Prague (Central Bus Station Florenc) 504 h 00 rate not held 6785 km

Mombasa – land tour 504 h 00 rate not held

Kobe-Osaka – Siem Reap 528 h 00 rate not held

Amsterdam – Porto-Leixoes not held rate not held

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Which months they sail

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

Our records for Emerald Cruises 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. 0 of 126 crossings carry a weekly rate; none carry a clock.

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