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Saudi Arabia

13 crossings between 2 ports, run by 6 operators, serving 20 cities. The busiest city is Jeddah with 397 destinations, and the busiest port is Jeddah with 12 crossings. 29 airports carry scheduled service, so most of this network can be left by air as well as by sea.

Cities

20 cities, each showing everything it reaches across every terminal and airport that serves it.

Jeddah reaches 397 destinations
Riyadh reaches 347 destinations
Madinah reaches 297 destinations
Dammam reaches 228 destinations
Abha reaches 118 destinations
Ta’if reaches 109 destinations
Yanbu reaches 108 destinations
Buraydah reaches 104 destinations
Tabuk reaches 88 destinations
Ha'il reaches 87 destinations
Jizan reaches 87 destinations
Najrān reaches 83 destinations

Showing the 12 widest-reaching of 20. Every city →

The ports that matter

Ranked by how many crossings each carries. The first is 12× the second.

Jeddah crossings 12 crossings on record
Yanbu crossings 1 crossings on record

Who runs the boats

6 operators appear in Saudi Arabia crossings.

The longest and the shortest

9 of 13 crossings carry a time.

Longest held

Barcelona – Jeddah 312 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys
Jeddah – Valletta 312 h 00 Crystal Cruises
Aqaba – Jeddah 288 h 00 Emerald Cruises
Cairo – Jeddah 264 h 00 Emerald Cruises
Jeddah – Sokhna 264 h 00 Emerald Cruises
Jeddah – Piraeus-Athens 240 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys
Jeddah – Venice Mestre (Stazione FS) 240 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys
Istanbul – Jeddah 216 h 00 Aroya Cruises Saudi

Shortest held

Dubai – Jeddah 192 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys
Istanbul – Jeddah 216 h 00 Aroya Cruises Saudi
Jeddah – Piraeus-Athens 240 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys
Jeddah – Venice Mestre (Stazione FS) 240 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys
Cairo – Jeddah 264 h 00 Emerald Cruises
Jeddah – Sokhna 264 h 00 Emerald Cruises
Aqaba – Jeddah 288 h 00 Emerald Cruises
Barcelona – Jeddah 312 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys

Every crossing we hold

All 13 of them, alphabetically, 25 at a time. Each has its own page.

Aqaba – Jeddah 288 h 00 Emerald Cruises
Barcelona – Jeddah 312 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys
Cairo – Jeddah 264 h 00 Emerald Cruises
Dubai – Jeddah 192 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys
Fort Lauderdale – Jeddah not held Crystal Cruises
Istanbul – Jeddah 216 h 00 Aroya Cruises Saudi
Jeddah – Piraeus-Athens 240 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys
Jeddah – Port Sudan not held Red Sea Passenger Service
Jeddah – Sokhna 264 h 00 Emerald Cruises
Jeddah – Suez not held Saudi Ports Authority
Jeddah – Valletta 312 h 00 Crystal Cruises
Jeddah – Venice Mestre (Stazione FS) 240 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys
Port Sudan – Yanbu not held Saudi Ports Authority

Which months these run

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

Our records for Saudi Arabia ferry 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.