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Prior to the 19th century, transatlantic crossings were undertaken in sailing ships, and the journeys were time-consuming and often perilous.The first trade route across the Atlantic was inaugurated by Spain a few decades after the European Discovery of the Americas, with the establishment of the West Indies fleets in 1566, a convoy system that regularly linked its territories in the Americas ...
Most islands on the Aegean Sea can be reached by ferry from the port of Piraeus in Athens. The services in the list are subject to changes in routing as well as the ferries operated. The services in the list are subject to changes in routing as well as the ferries operated.
Direct Ferries is a UK based ferry travel aggregator service that provides bookings for ferry crossings across the globe. Its main crossings include mainland Europe, such as the France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and Germany; North Africa, such as Morocco and Algeria; Asia, such as China, Russia, Cambodia and Hong Kong; and the Americas, such as the United States, Canada, Peru and ...
Brittany Ferries is the trading name of the French shipping company, BAI Bretagne Angleterre Irlande S.A. founded in 1973 by Alexis Gourvennec, that operates a fleet of ferries and cruiseferries between France and the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Spain, and between Spain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Pont-Aven is a cruiseferry operated by Brittany Ferries.She was built at Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany and has been sailing for Brittany Ferries since March 2004. She is the current and longest serving Brittany Ferries flagship; sailing between the UK, France, Spain and Ireland.
P&O began ferry operations in Southampton in 1967 with a route to Le Havre in France in a joint venture with SAGA under the Normandy Ferries brand, later rebranded as P&O Ferries. The MV Dragon , owned by P&O, was registered in Southampton whereas her identical sister, MV Leopard , flew the French flag and was registered in Le Havre.
Other minor ports in Kent and Sussex have retained some trade but these tend to be single routes, such as Newhaven–Dieppe. Longer routes mainly radiate from Portsmouth but there are lesser ports at Poole and Plymouth, with routes to Normandy, Brittany and Spain.
The busiest ferry route to France is the Dover to Calais crossing with approximately 9,168,000 passengers using the service in 2018. [20] Ferries from Great Britain also sail to Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Ireland.