A mini cruise on the Rosalind Franklin (ex-Bretagne)
Since being sold by Brittany Ferries in March 2025 the 1989-built cruise ferry Bretagne, now renamed Rosalind Franklin, has been in active use for new owners Balearia, primarily on routes...
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Superfast X: From overnight ship to day ferry and back again
The recent announcement that Corsica Linea’s A NEPITA will be heading to Canada prompts recollection of a September 2025 voyage from Marseille to Propriano, Corsica, where we caught up with...
Voyage from Albania: European Star (ex-St Christopher, Stena Antrim, Ibn Batouta)
Report and photographs from a crossing between Vlore, Albania and Brindisi, Italy in July 2024 © Ferry Voyager Built in 1981 as the second of two new sisters for Sealink’s...
2025 in images
A set of photographs from ferry travel around Europe during 2025. Click on the images for larger versions or to access the gallery.
The new Manxman – August 2023
This voyage report was first published on The Ferry Forums https://theferryforums.com/ On the August Bank Holiday weekend together with a couple of friends I took the opportunity to sail...
Honfleur vs Rusadir
In April Balearia introduced the effectively brand new Rusadir (ex-Honfleur) onto their route between Malaga and the Spanish enclave of Melilla in north Africa. The history of this ship is...
2022 in images
A set of photographs from ferry travels in 2022. Click on the images for larger versions or to access the gallery.
Sailing on the Daleela from Limassol to Piraeus
In October 2001 Salamis Lines? Salamis Star made her final ferry crossing between Piraeus in Greece and Limassol in Cyprus, bringing an end to almost a quarter century of car...
Thoughts on the loss of the Euroferry Olympia
Early in the morning of Friday 18th February, about ten miles north of Corfu and 25 miles west of Albania, a fire broke out on the vehicle deck of Grimaldi...
2021 in images. Part 2 ? Southern Europe
The second part of the 2021 photo review, this time favourite pictures taken in Southern Europe during the year. Click on the images for larger versions or to access the...