Operator ·

Hellenic Seaways

222 crossings between 61 ports . On 86 they are the only operator on the water; on 7 they are the quickest of several; on 11 a rival is faster. Founded 2005 in Athens.

Sailing with Hellenic Seaways

Their own site Their busiest port

Three things the timetable does not say

0 of 4 services marketed as fast actually average over 45 km/h door to door. The other 4 are fast craft on routes with enough calls that the average comes out at conventional speed.

39% alone of their network has no rival at all. On those 86 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.

11 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.

163 untimed crossings carry no duration anywhere we can source. They are counted in the 222 and left blank in the bars.

Where they are beaten

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

Ermioni – Spetses 15 km Hellenic Seaways 50 min Blue Star Ferries 20 min daily 1 rival

Evdilos – Karlovassi 48 km Hellenic Seaways 1 h 34 Blue Star Ferries 1 h 10 rate not held 2 rivals

Fournoi – Lipsi 40 km Hellenic Seaways 2 h 10 Dodekanisos Seaways 1 h 45 rate not held 1 rival

Kythnos – Lavrio 46 km Hellenic Seaways 2 h 35 Magic Sea Ferries 1 h 10 rate not held 3 rivals

Karlovassi – Mykonos 125 km Hellenic Seaways 4 h 01 Blue Star Ferries 3 h 40 rate not held 2 rivals

Fournoi – Leros 60 km Hellenic Seaways 4 h 05 Dodekanisos Seaways 2 h 10 rate not held 1 rival

Heraklion – Paros 196 km Hellenic Seaways 4 h 30 SeaJets 3 h 35 rate not held 2 rivals

Milos – Piraeus-Athens 154 km Hellenic Seaways 4 h 35 SeaJets 3 h 20 rate not held 4 rivals

Milos – Piraeus-Athens 154 km Hellenic Seaways 4 h 40 SeaJets 3 h 20 daily 4 rivals

Fournoi – Kos 104 km Hellenic Seaways 5 h 15 Dodekanisos Seaways 3 h 40 rate not held 1 rival

Santorini (Thira) – Syros Hellenic Seaways 5 h 30 SeaJets 3 h 15 rate not held 1 rival

Where they are the only boat

86 crossings with no other operator on record.

Agios Constantinos – Sporades Islands 1 h 50 rate not held

Mesta – Sigri 2 h 30 rate not held 103 km

Evdilos – Lipsi 2 h 40 rate not held 64 km

Chios – Vathy 2 h 40 rate not held 221 km

Mesta – Mytilene 4 h 01 rate not held 106 km

Lesvos/Mytilini – Limnos 4 h 12 rate not held

Leros – Vathi 4 h 15 rate not held 70 km

Kos – Vathi 4 h 25 rate not held 100 km

Mykonos – Sigri 5 h 30 rate not held 200 km

Fournoi – Nisyros 6 h 50 rate not held 122 km

Limnos – Thessaloniki 7 h 15 rate not held 199 km

Chios – Leros 7 h 55 rate not held 152 km

Evdilos – Tilos 8 h 05 rate not held 173 km

Fournoi – Tilos 8 h 10 rate not held 152 km

Rhodes – Vathi 8 h 10 rate not held 184 km

Karlovassi Samos – Piraeus-Athens 9 h 08 rate not held

Evdilos – Symi 9 h 45 rate not held 185 km

Piraeus-Athens – Sigri 9 h 50 rate not held 229 km

Fournoi – Symi 9 h 55 rate not held 161 km

Symi – Syros 9 h 55 rate not held 273 km

Evdilos – Rhodes 11 h 05 rate not held 225 km

Fournoi – Rhodes 11 h 15 rate not held 200 km

Leros – Mytilene 11 h 15 rate not held 221 km

Limnos – Oinousses 12 h 05 rate not held 181 km

Kastelorizo – Lipsi 12 h 45 rate not held 282 km

Kastelorizo – Patmos 13 h 05 rate not held 301 km

Mytilene – Thessaloniki 13 h 05 rate not held 353 km

Evdilos – Kastelorizo 14 h 55 rate not held 345 km

Fournoi – Kastelorizo 15 h 15 rate not held 319 km

Kavala – Oinousses 16 h 30 rate not held 310 km

Chios – Thessaloniki 16 h 45 rate not held 373 km

Karlovassi – Thessaloniki 17 h 20 rate not held 451 km

Leros – Limnos 17 h 20 rate not held 343 km

Fournoi – Thessaloniki 18 h 40 rate not held 457 km

Evdilos – Thessaloniki 19 h 45 rate not held 436 km

Thessaloniki – Vathi 20 h 35 rate not held 472 km

Kavala – Leros 21 h 50 rate not held 473 km

Mykonos – Thessaloniki 22 h 20 rate not held 408 km

Syros – Thessaloniki 23 h 25 rate not held 395 km

Piraeus-Athens – Thessaloniki 27 h 20 rate not held 302 km

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Which months they sail

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

Our records for Hellenic 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. 5 of 222 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 (Hellenic Seaways).