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Golden Star Ferries

37 crossings between 11 ports in 2 countries. On 10 they are the only operator on the water; on 5 they are the quickest of several; on 15 a rival is faster. Founded 2011.

Three things the timetable does not say

5 of 10 services marketed as fast actually average over 45 km/h door to door. The other 5 are fast craft on routes with enough calls that the average comes out at conventional speed.
27% alone of their network has no rival at all. On those 10 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.
15 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.
11 untimed crossings carry no duration anywhere we can source. They are counted in the 37 and left blank in the bars.

Where they are beaten

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

Mykonos – Tinos 20 km Golden Star Ferries 20 min SeaJets 15 min 4× daily 3 rivals
Ios – Santorini (Thira) Golden Star Ferries 45 min SeaJets 40 min rate not held 4 rivals
Mykonos – Naxos 40 km Golden Star Ferries 45 min Blue Star Ferries 40 min daily 3 rivals
Mykonos – Paros 45 km Golden Star Ferries 45 min SeaJets 45 min daily 3 rivals
Naxos – Paros 20 km Golden Star Ferries 50 min SeaJets 30 min rate not held 3 rivals
Paros – Tinos 55 km Golden Star Ferries 1 h 15 SeaJets 1 h 10 daily 2 rivals
Naxos – Santorini (Thira) Golden Star Ferries 1 h 25 SeaJets 1 h 25 rate not held 2 rivals
Andros – Tinos 50 km Golden Star Ferries 1 h 35 SeaJets 50 min 3× daily 3 rivals
Andros – Athens (Rafina) 89 km Golden Star Ferries 1 h 55 SeaJets 1 h 05 2× daily 2 rivals
Ios – Mykonos 83 km Golden Star Ferries 1 h 55 Blue Star Ferries 1 h 55 rate not held 3 rivals
Paros – Santorini (Thira) Golden Star Ferries 1 h 55 SeaJets 1 h 50 rate not held 2 rivals
Andros – Mykonos 70 km Golden Star Ferries 2 h 20 SeaJets 1 h 25 3× daily 2 rivals
Mykonos – Santorini (Thira) Golden Star Ferries 2 h 50 SeaJets 2 h 20 rate not held 2 rivals
Athens (Rafina) – Tinos 133 km Golden Star Ferries 3 h 15 SeaJets 2 h 10 4× daily 3 rivals
Santorini (Thira) – Tinos Golden Star Ferries 3 h 20 SeaJets 2 h 45 rate not held 1 rival
Andros – Paros 96 km Golden Star Ferries 3 h 55 SeaJets 2 h 20 rate not held 2 rivals
Athens (Rafina) – Mykonos 152 km Golden Star Ferries 4 h 10 SeaJets 2 h 40 4× daily 3 rivals
Athens (Rafina) – Naxos 175 km Golden Star Ferries 5 h 10 SeaJets 4 h 15 daily 3 rivals

Where they are the only boat

10 crossings with no other operator on record.

Athens (Rafina) – Ios 4 h 25 rate not held 195 km
Andros – Ios not held rate not held 138 km
Athens (Rafina) – Ios not held rate not held 182 km
Athens (Rafina) – Thira (Santorini) not held rate not held 221 km
Thira (Santorini) – Tinos not held rate not held 135 km
Andros – Thira (Santorini) not held rate not held 178 km
Crete – Ios not held rate not held
Crete – Mykonos not held rate not held
Crete – Paros not held rate not held

Which months they sail

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

Our records for Golden 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. 11 of 37 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 (Golden Star Ferries).