LIST: UK FERRY OPERATORS

Brittany Ferries	08709 076 103	Brittany specialise in long sea crossings with routes from Plymouth to Roscoff (Brittany) and Santander (Spain); from Poole to Cherbourg; and from Portsmouth to Cherbourg, Caen, St. Malo & to Santander. There is also a route from Cork (Ireland) to Roscoff. It was originally set up (in 1973) with the support of the Chambers of Commerce in Brittany as a means of getting French farm produce into the UK market.
Caledonian MacBrayne	08705 650000	Ferries operating in the Clyde and Hebrides. They sail to twenty-two islands and four peninsulas on Scotland's West Coast.
Condor Ferries	0870 243 5140	Condor operate a combination of fast & conventional ferries between the UK mainland, France and the Channel Islands, with routes from Weymouth, Poole and Portsmouth to Cherbourg, St Malo, Guernsey & Jersey.
DFDS Seaways	08702 520 524	North Sea ferry company operating ferry crossings and 'mini-cruises' to Holland from Newcastle, and Denmark from Harwich in Essex. In case you wondered, DFDS are the initials of the original company founded in 1866: Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab (The United Steamship Company).
Euroferries	0844 414 5355	Fast ferry operator between Ramsgate and Boulogne.
Eurotunnel	08705 35 35 35	Ok, well perhaps not technically a 'ferry company' but a 'short (under) sea crossing operator' at least! We all know where this one comes from and goes to.(No? Folkestone-Calais)
Fastnet Line	0844 576 8831	Single ship ferry line operating the Swansea-Cork route across the Irish Sea. The previous Swansea-Cork ferry service closed in 2006 and since then there have been repeated attempts to resurrect the link. Fastnet launched this year-round service in March 2010 with 4 weekly services in each direction in the peak months of July & August and 3 weekly services in each direction from September to June.
HoverTravel	023 9281 1000	Fast (10 mins) Solent crossing by hovercraft (foot passengers only) from Southsea to Ryde on the Isle of Wight.
Irish Ferries	08705 17 17 17	High-speed and conventional ferry services between Holyhead-Dublin and Pembroke-Rosslare.
Isle of Man Steam Packet	0871 222 1 333	Ferries to the Isle of Man from Heysham (Lancs), Liverpool, Belfast, & Dublin.
LD Lines	0825 304 304	Daily ferry services between Ramsgate - Ostend, Dover - Boulogne, Newhaven - Dieppe and Portsmouth - Le Havre. LD is part of Louis Drefuss Armatures, a French shipping company. They have a new route planned across the Bay of Biscay from St Nazaire to Gijon on the north coast of Spain, which means that motorists could cross from the UK, drive across Brittany (4½ hrs, Le Havre-St Nazaire), and continue on by ferry to Gijon.
Norfolkline	0871 5747300	Norfolkline (part of DFDS Ferries group) claims to be the fastest car ferry service to France from UK, operating between Dover-Dunkerque, which it says is a more convenient ferry route than Dover-Calais. They also operate Irish Sea services from Liverpool to both Dublin & Belfast, and a service from Rosyth (Scotland) down through the North Sea to Zeebrugge (Belgium).
Northlink Ferries	0845 6000 449	Ferry services from the NE Scottish mainland to the islands of Orkney and Shetland. They operate three times daily from Scrabster (near Thurso) to Stromness in Orkney and nightly sailings from Aberdeen to Lerwick in Shetland - with four of these sailings going via Orkney's capital, Kirkwall.
P&O Ferries	08716 645 645	P&O Ferries operate three country routes: from Portsmouth to Bilbao in Northern Spain, Dover-Calais, and from Hull to Rotterdam (Netherlands) and Zeebrugge (Belgium).
P&O Ferries (Irish Sea)	0870 24 24 777	Routes from Liverpool to Dublin, and from Troon & Cairnryan in Scotland to Larne in Northern Ireland.
Red Funnel Ferries	01703 333042	Isle of Wight ferries from Southampton. Their conventional ferry carries cars, coaches, freight & passengers between Southampton & East Cowes. The 'Red Jet' Hi-Speed passenger-only service connects Southampton and West Cowes.
SeaFrance	0870 443 1653	Main player on the Dover-Calais route.
Stena Line	08447 70 70 70	High speed and conventional ferries to Ireland and the Netherlands, with routes from Stranraer to Belfast; Fleetwood to Larne; Holyhead to Dublin and (across the bay) Dun Laoghaire; Fishguard to Rosslare; Harwich to Hoek van Holland and Rotterdam.
TransEuropa Ferries	01843 595522	Car ferry service between Ramsgate-Ostende.
Wightlink	0870 582 0202	Isle of Wight car ferry service from Portsmouth to Fishbourne & Lymington to Yarmouth, and a FastCat foot passenger service from Portsmouth to Ryde.

Notes

• Ferrybooker.com is an online ferry and cross-Channel booking service enabling reservations with all operators offering UK departures. The site features complete searchable timetables, holiday offers and add-ons including accommodation, insurance, car hire and currency.
• FerryOnline is a very useful fare comparison & booking site covering all of the ferry routes ex-uk.
• Aferry.to is an online ferry booking system for European ferries services, not just ex-UK but in the Adriatic, Aegean, Baltic, Mediterranean,etc. There are also special offers and 'Ferry + Hotel' packages. It has an extremely simple to use graphical 'point & click' selection process.
• FerrySavers.com offers low-cost ferry fares, travel insurance and special offers on Irish & European routes but not Scandinavia.
• The Passenger Shipping Association has an information website, www.ferry information service.co.uk, giving details of ferry companies, their routes and driving tips for the countries they go to.
• Openseas is a really useful timetable & ticketing site for the Greek ferry network, and they now have apps for iPhone and Android