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Small Cruise Lines

44 crossings between 32 ports in 15 countries. On 11 they are the only operator on the water; on 7 they are the quickest of several; on 23 a rival is faster.

Three things the timetable does not say

25% alone of their network has no rival at all. On those 11 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.
23 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.
1 untimed crossings carry no duration anywhere we can source. They are counted in the 44 and left blank in the bars.

Where they are beaten

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

Lavrion – Piraeus-Athens Small Cruise Lines 168 h 00 Celestyal Cruises 120 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals
Barcelona – Civitavecchia-Rome Small Cruise Lines 192 h 00 Grimaldi Lines 22 h 15 rate not held 25 rivals
Barcelona – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 2174 km Small Cruise Lines 192 h 00 Costa Cruises 144 h 00 rate not held 4 rivals
Barcelona – Lisbon (Oriente) 1006 km Small Cruise Lines 192 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys 168 h 00 rate not held 19 rivals
Barcelona – Malaga 769 km Small Cruise Lines 192 h 00 Costa Cruises 96 h 00 rate not held 8 rivals
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – Lisbon (Oriente) 1316 km Small Cruise Lines 192 h 00 Azamara Cruises 168 h 00 rate not held 5 rivals
Lisbon (Oriente) – Malaga 471 km Small Cruise Lines 192 h 00 MSC Cruises 48 h 00 rate not held 6 rivals
Civitavecchia-Rome – Villefranche-sur-Mer Small Cruise Lines 192 h 00 Ritz Carlton Yacht Collection 120 h 00 rate not held 8 rivals
Bari (FS Park Via Capruzzi) – Venice Mestre (Stazione FS) 604 km Small Cruise Lines 192 h 00 MSC Cruises 24 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals
Catania (Via D'Amico) – Piraeus-Athens Small Cruise Lines 192 h 00 Costa Cruises 72 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals
Civitavecchia-Rome – Naples (FS Park Stazione Centrale) Small Cruise Lines 192 h 00 Costa Cruises 24 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals
Barcelona – Valletta 1230 km Small Cruise Lines 192 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys 168 h 00 rate not held 4 rivals
Barcelona – Villefranche-sur-Mer 494 km Small Cruise Lines 192 h 00 Ponant Cruises 120 h 00 rate not held 6 rivals
Bridgetown – Philipsburg St Maarten Small Cruise Lines 192 h 00 Emerald Cruises 168 h 00 rate not held 4 rivals
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – Malaga 1406 km Small Cruise Lines 192 h 00 Marella Cruises 120 h 00 rate not held 4 rivals
Barcelona – Naples (FS Park Stazione Centrale) 1013 km Small Cruise Lines 192 h 00 MSC Cruises 96 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals
Bari (FS Park Via Capruzzi) – Piraeus-Athens Small Cruise Lines 192 h 00 MSC Cruises 144 h 00 rate not held 1 rival
Naples (FS Park Stazione Centrale) – Valletta 551 km Small Cruise Lines 192 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages 192 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals
Piraeus-Athens – Valletta Small Cruise Lines 264 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys 120 h 00 rate not held 9 rivals
Hamburg central bus station – Kiel central bus station 90 km Small Cruise Lines 312 h 00 FlixBus-eu 1 h 10 rate not held 6 rivals
Hamburg central bus station – Santa Cruz de Tenerife 3508 km Small Cruise Lines 432 h 00 AIDA Cruises 288 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals
Buenos Aires – Valparaiso-Santiago Small Cruise Lines 528 h 00 Lindblad Expeditions 288 h 00 rate not held 10 rivals
Papeete – Valparaiso-Santiago Small Cruise Lines 600 h 00 Lindblad Expeditions 384 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals
Papeete – Puntarenas 7738 km Small Cruise Lines 840 h 00 Windstar Cruises 672 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Where they are the only boat

11 crossings with no other operator on record.

Bari (FS Park Via Capruzzi) – Lavrion 168 h 00 rate not held 725 km
Catania (Via D'Amico) – Lavrion 192 h 00 rate not held 789 km
Funchal – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 192 h 00 rate not held 525 km
Naples (FS Park Stazione Centrale) – Tarragona 192 h 00 rate not held 1092 km
Barcelona – Funchal 192 h 00 rate not held 1947 km
Catania (Via D'Amico) – Venice Mestre (Stazione FS) 192 h 00 rate not held 912 km
Baltra Island – Santa Cruz Island 216 h 00 rate not held
Baltra Island – Callao-Lima 360 h 00 rate not held
Buenos Aires – Santa Cruz de Tenerife 576 h 00 rate not held 8293 km
Hamburg central bus station – Puntarenas 768 h 00 rate not held 9430 km
Hamburg central bus station – hotel overnight 3528 h 00 rate not held

Which months they sail

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

Our records for Small Cruise Lines 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 44 crossings carry a weekly rate; none carry a clock.

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