By Boat
By Boat

Ships and ferries operate along the coast and to the islands. Express coastal lines start from Rijeka and call at many towns and islands all the way to Dubrovnik. There are regular and seasonal services to Italian ports of call (Bari, Ancona, Vasto, Pescara, Giulianova, Venice, Grado, and Trieste) and Slovenian Koper. Aboard the ships and ferries operating along the coast and across the Adriatic to Italian ports (except aboard the fast ships and catamarans) there are restaurants and you can either reserve a cabin or travel on the deck in reclining seats. In the tourist season there are many additional tourist lines and excursions from/to the mainland and island destinations and between Croatian and Italian ports. Check with your travel agent, specialised agents for travel to Croatia (link na ponude putovanja u Hrvatsku od strane stranih organizaora putovanja u Offers), Croatian travel agencies which possess their own boat and organise ship transfers (link na Members search na agencije koje posjeduju brodove - puni se iz clanske baze) and check the list of organised excursions by boat (link na Excursions by boat u Offers) from various destinations.

Interactive map of Croatia with international and coastal ferry lines and other information

List of agencies selling ship and ferry tickets


Car-ferry services along the coast

Rijeka - (Rab) - (Zadar) - Split - (Stari Grad/Hvar) - Korcula - (Sobra/Mljet) - Dubrovnik - Bari - sailing information: Jadrolinija

Local car-ferry services connect the islands of Cres, Losinj, Rab, Pag, Ugljan, Pasman, Dugi otok, Iz, Solta, Brac, Hvar, Vis, Korcula, Lastovo and Mljet with the mainland or with the Peljesac or Istra peninsula. Local ship and fast-ship lines, even one aircraft, connect other inhabited islands on which there is no car traffic. There are additional seasonal ferries (mid June - mid September) to the islands of Unije and Silba, (beginning of June - end of September ) Lopar (the island of Rab) to Baska (the island of Krk)

Croatian travel agencies - members of UHPA have at their disposal different types of ships, yachts and sail boats to provide transfer services or charter them.

Hire of ships, yachts and sail boats


International Car Ferry Lines

Split - Ancona (Italy) - Split (SEM, Jadrolinija, )
Hvar - Ancona (Italy) - Hvar (SEM)
Vis - Ancona (Italy) - Vis (SEM)
Zadar - (Brbinj, island Dugi otok) - Ancona (Italy) - Zadar (Jadrolinija)
Dubrovnik - Bari (Italy) - Dubrovnik (Jadrolinija)
Bari (Italy) - Dubrovnik - Bari (A.S.C.)
Ortona (Italy) - Dubrovnik - Ortona (A.S.C.)


International Ship Lines

Rovinj - Porec - Umag - Venice (Italy)- Umag - Porec - Rovinj (Istraline)
Rovinj - Venice (Italy) - Rovinj (Kompas travel)
Porec - Venice (Italy) - Porec (Kompas travel)
Umag - Venice (Italy) - Umag. (Kompas travel)
Mali Losinj - Koper (Slovenia) - Mali Losinj (Losinjska plovidba)
Ancona (Italy) - Split - Ancona (SNAV)
Trieste (Italy) - Pula - Trieste (Jadroagent / Ustica line)
(different timetables) ship connections between Italian towns Pescara, Giulianova and Vasto and Croatian towns Hvar and Stari Grad on the island of Hvar, Bol on theisland of Brac, Vis on the island of Vis and Vela Luka on the island of Korcula (SNAV)

Jadrolinija, Rijeka
Croatian shipping line, maintains most of the coastal and local ferry lines, and international ferry lines Split - Ancona (Italy) - Split , Zadar - (Brbinj, the island of Dugi otok) - Ancona (Italy) - Zadar and Dubrovnik - Bari (Italy) - Dubrovnik
www.jadrolinija.hr

Sem marina, Split
The Croatian passenger shipping line, member of UHPA, maintains the international ferry lines Split - Ancona - Split, Hvar - Ancona - Hvar and Vis - Ancona - Vis and several excursion lines.
www.splittours.hr

Istraline - Portun, Porec
Travel agency from Porec, member of UHPA, maintains from the beginning of April to the end of October the regular international fast-ship line Rovinj - Porec - Umag - Venice - Umag - Porec - Rovinj. In 2003 regular fast-ship line to Trieste in Italy will be added.
portun@pu.tel.hr

Kompas travel, Porec
Travel agency from Porec, member of UHPA, maintains regular seasonal international fast ship lines Rovinj - Venice - Rovinj, Porec - Venice - Porec and Umag - Venice- Umag. Additional international fast line will operate connecting Italy or Slovenia with Croatia.
porec@kompas-travel.com

Jadroagent, Rijeka
Shipping and travel agency, member of UHPA, sells tickets for the Italian shipping company Ustica line which maintains seasonal international ship line Trieste - Pula - Trieste.
travel@jadroagent.com

Losinjska plovidba, Mali Losinj
The Croatian shipping line, member of UHPA, beside maintaining several local ferry lines throughout the year, from 18 June to 9 September maintain the ferry line connecting Zadar, islands of Silba, of Mali Losinj, of Unije, Pula and Koper in Slovenia.
www.losinjplov.hr/veze.htm

SNAV, Split
SNAV Croatia d.o.o. shipping company operates from mid June to the end of September a daytime fast ferry route (passengers, buses and cars) from Ancona to Split (Italy to Croatia) - crossing time only 4 hours. It has one service per day - Ancona (departure 11.00 hrs) - Split (departure 17.00 hrs).
Their fast catamaran ships (passenger only) connects from 15 June to 22 September Italian towns of Pescara, Giulianova and Vasto with the Croatian tourist destinations of Hvar and Stari Grad on the island of Hvar, Bol on the island of Brac, Vis on the island of Vis and Vela Luka on the island of Korcula. www.snav.com

Adriatic Shipping Company Ltd., La Valletta, Malta - A.S.C.
Maltese/Italian shipping company maintains international seasonal ferry line (beginning of July to mid September) between ports of call Bari in Italy and Dubrovnik, and from the beginning of July to mid September between Ortona in Italy and Dubrovnik.
http://www.azzurraline.com


Local car-ferry and ship services - shipping companies

Jadrolinija, Rijeka
Croatian shipping line, maintains most of the coastal and local ferry lines, and international ferry lines Split - Ancona (Italy) - Split , Zadar - (Brbinj, the island of Dugi otok) - Ancona (Italy) - Zadar and Dubrovnik - Bari (Italy) - Dubrovnik
www.jadrolinija.hr

Sem marina, Split
The Croatian passenger shipping line, member of UHPA, maintains the international ferry lines Split - Ancona - Split, Hvar - Ancona - Hvar and Vis - Ancona - Vis and several excursion lines.
www.splittours.hr

Losinjska plovidba, Mali Losinj
The Croatian shipping line, member of UHPA, beside maintaining several local ferry lines throughout the year, from 18 June to 9 September maintain the ferry line connecting Zadar, islands of Silba, of Mali Losinj, of Unije, Pula and Koper in Slovenia.
www.losinjplov.hr/veze.htm

Mediteranska plovidba, Korcula
Throughout the year their ferry boats connect Orebic on the Peljesac peninsula and the town Korcula on the island of Korcula and Ploce (on the mainland) with Trpanj on the Peljesac peninsula - seasonal ferry line (end of April - beginning of October) Korcula, the island of Korcula - Drvenik (on the mainland).
www.korcula.net/grad/pitanja/q14.htm

Rapska plovidba, Rab
Throughout the year they maintain the ferry lines Misnjak (on the island of Rab) - Jablanac (on the mainland) - Misnjak and the town of Rab on the island of Rab - Lun and Jakisnica on the island of Pag. Their seasonal ferry line (beginning of June - end of September) connects Lopar, on the island of Rab and Baska, on the island of Krk.
www.rapska-plovidba.hr

Venezia Lines
catamaran lines connecting Mali Losinj, Porec, Pula, Rabac and Rovinj with Venice
www.venezialines.com/eng/routes.asp