Operator ·

Stena Line

26 crossings between 35 ports in 11 countries. On 20 they are the only operator on the water; on 1 they are the quickest of several; on 1 a rival is faster.

Sailing with Stena Line

Their busiest port

Three things the timetable does not say

0 of 1 services marketed as fast actually average over 45 km/h door to door. The other 1 are fast craft on routes with enough calls that the average comes out at conventional speed.

77% alone of their network has no rival at all. On those 20 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.

1 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.

14 untimed crossings carry no duration anywhere we can source. They are counted in the 26 and left blank in the bars.

Where they are beaten

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

Ferries – Scotland Stena Line 2 h 22 Pentland Ferries 1 h 15 6× daily 4 rivals

Where they are the only boat

20 crossings with no other operator on record.

Belfast – Cairnryan 2 h 15 6× daily 69 km

Belfast – Scotland 2 h 22 rate not held

Fishguard – Rosslare 3 h 30 daily 96 km

Frederikshavn – Korsvägen (Gothenburg) 3 h 30 4× daily 89 km

Grenaa – Halmstad (Resecentrum) Flixbus Stop 4 h 35 daily 121 km

Belfast – Liverpool (Wavertree Shopping Centre) 8 h 00 daily 232 km

Nynashamn – Ventspils 9 h 30 daily 269 km

Gdynia, Bus station – Karlskrona 10 h 30 2× daily 259 km

Hanko – Nynashamn 13 h 00 rate not held 301 km

Kiel central bus station – Korsvägen (Gothenburg) 15 h 30 daily 393 km

Belfast – Holyhead not held rate not held 167 km

Belfast – Stranraer not held rate not held 65 km

Cuxhaven – Harwich not held rate not held 543 km

Grenaa – Varberg not held rate not held 112 km

Sassnitz – Trelleborg not held rate not held 102 km

Harwich – Hook of Holland not held rate not held 197 km

Norvik – Ventspils not held rate not held 271 km

Belfast – England not held rate not held

Harwich – Holland not held rate not held

England – Hook van Holland not held rate not held

Which months they sail

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

Our records for Stena Line 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. 10 of 26 crossings carry a weekly rate; none carry a clock.

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