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Ports

Every terminal we track, grouped by country and region and ordered by how much of the network passes through it.

74
in the Philippines
41
in Canada
79
in the United States
9
in Nigeria

Where most journeys start

The gateway ports

The harbours that carry the bulk of each network. If you are island-hopping, your connection almost certainly runs through one of them.

All 203 ports, busiest first within each region.

Philippines

74 ports · Philippines hub

Luzon

Manila and Batangas reach Mindoro, Romblon and Palawan; Matnog is the crossing into the Visayas.

22 ports · 850 sailings a week

Visayas

The densest water in the country — Cebu alone touches more crossings than most island groups.

38 ports · 2117 sailings a week

Mindanao

Northern ports work the Bohol Sea to Cebu and Leyte; the south runs to Sulu and Basilan.

14 ports · 487 sailings a week

Canada

41 ports · Canada hub

British Columbia

BC Ferries runs almost every crossing here — the big Vancouver Island routes from Tsawwassen and Horseshoe Bay, the Southern Gulf Islands, and the small island shuttles up the Strait of Georgia.

41 ports · 4138 sailings a week

United States

79 ports · United States hub

Washington

Washington State Ferries crosses Puget Sound and links Anacortes with the San Juan Islands; a county ferry makes the short hop to Guemes Island, and Black Ball sails from Port Angeles to Victoria, BC.

24 ports · 4258 sailings a week

New York

NYC Ferry works the East River between Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens and runs the long way out to Rockaway; NY Waterway crosses the Hudson to Weehawken, Hoboken and the New Jersey shore, and comes down the river from Haverstraw and Ossining.

37 ports · 14044 sailings a week

Massachusetts

MBTA boats cross Boston Harbor from Long Wharf and Rowes Wharf to Hingham, Hull, Winthrop and Charlestown; seasonal sailings reach Spectacle and Peddocks Islands, and the Cuttyhunk ferry leaves from New Bedford.

18 ports · 2442 sailings a week

Nigeria

9 ports · Nigeria hub

Lagos

LagFerry crosses Lagos Lagoon on the commuter runs: Ikorodu and Ebute Ojo down to Marina on Lagos Island, Mile 2 across Apapa harbour, and Badore out to Ijede and across to Falomo on Ikoyi.

9 ports · 399 sailings a week