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{{short description|Type of cruise ship}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}[[File:Pride of Bilbao.jpg|thumb|right|''[[MS SPL Princess Anastasia (1986)|Pride of Bilbao]]'' (now ''Moby Orli''), an archetypical cruiseferry. Built for [[Rederi AB Slite]] for the [[Baltic Sea cruiseferries|Baltic cruise market]] and operated until 2010 by [[P&O Ferries]] between [[Portsmouth]] in the UK and [[Bilbao]] in the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]], Spain. She was sold by Irish Continental Group at the end of her charter to P&O Ferries in 2010 and the operated for [[St. Peter Line]] among [[Stockholm]], [[Tallinn]], [[Helsinki]] and [[Saint Petersburg]], before being moved to Italy.]]

A '''cruiseferry''' is a [[ship]] that combines the features of a [[cruise ship]] and a [[ROPAX|Ro-Pax ferry]]. Many passengers travel with the ships for the cruise experience, staying only a few hours at the destination port or not leaving the ship at all, while others use the ships as means of transportation.

Cruiseferry traffic is mainly concentrated in the seas of [[Northern Europe]], especially the [[Baltic Sea]] and the [[North Sea]]. However, similar ships traffic across the [[English Channel]] as well as the [[Irish Sea]], [[Mediterranean]] and even on the [[North Atlantic]]. Cruiseferries also operate from [[India]], [[China]] and [[Australia]].

==Baltic Sea cruiseferries==
{{Main|Baltic Sea cruiseferries}}
In the northern Baltic Sea, two major rival companies, [[Viking Line]] and [[Silja Line]], have for decades competed on the routes between [[Turku]] and [[Helsinki]] in [[Finland]] and [[Sweden]]'s capital [[Stockholm]]. Since the 1990s [[Tallink]] has also risen as a major company in the area, culminating with acquisition of Silja Line in 2006.

==List of largest cruiseferries of their time==
{{Update|section|date=May 2023}}
The term "cruiseferry" did not come into use until the 1980s, although it has been retroactively applied to earlier ferries that have large cabin capabilities and public spaces in addition to their car- and passenger-carrying capacity.{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}}

{|class="wikitable"
!Year <!-- of start of service-->
!Name
!Tonnage<sup>1</sup>
!Company
!Traffic area
!Flag
!Notes
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| 1956 || [[MV Akdeniz|MV ''Akdeniz'']] ||align="Center" | {{GRT|8,809}} || Turkish Maritime Lines || [[Mediterranean Sea]] || {{flag|Turkey}} || Built 1955
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| 1975 || [[MS Belorussiya|MS ''Belorussiya'']] ||align="Center" | {{GRT|16,331}} || [[Black Sea Shipping Company]] || [[Black Sea]] || {{flag|Soviet Union}} ||Alongside [[Belorussiya class cruiseferries|five identical sisters]] built 1975–76
|-
| 1976 || {{Interlanguage link multi|MS Napoleon|fr|3=Napoléon (ferry de 1976)|lt=MS ''Napoléon''}} ||align="Center" | {{GRT|20,079}} || [[SNCM]] || [[Mediterranean]] || {{flag|France}} || Sent to [[Comarit]] in 2002.
|-
| 1977 || [[GTS Finnjet|GTS ''Finnjet'']] ||align="Center" | {{GRT|24,605}} || [[Enso-Gutzeit]] ([[Finnlines]] traffic) || [[Baltic Sea]] || {{flag|Finland}} || [[Gas turbine]]-powered. Also fastest and longest
|-
| 1981 || [[MS Finlandia (1980)|MS ''Finlandia'']] ||align="Center" | {{GRT|25,905}} || [[Effoa]] ([[Silja Line]] traffic) || [[Baltic Sea]] || {{flag|Finland}} || Alongside identical sister [[MS Silvia Regina|MS ''Silvia Regina'']]
|-
| 1982 || [[MS Scandinavia (1981)|MS ''Scandinavia'']] ||align="Center" | {{GT|26,747}} || {{Interlanguage link multi|Scandinavian World Cruises|da}},<br />later [[DFDS Seaways]] || [[New York City|New&nbsp;York]]—[[Bahamas]]<br />[[Copenhagen]]—[[Oslo]] || {{flag|Denmark}} ||
|-
| 1985 || [[MS Svea (1985)|MS ''Svea'']] ||align="Center" | {{GT|33,829}} || [[Johnson Line (company)|Johnson Line]] ([[Silja Line]] traffic) || [[Baltic Sea]] || {{flag|Sweden}} ||
|-
| 1985 || [[MS Mariella|MS ''Mariella'']] ||align="Center" | {{GT|37,799}} || [[SF Line]] ([[Viking Line]] traffic) || [[Baltic Sea]] || {{flag|Finland}} ||
|-
| 1989 || [[MS Pearl of Scandinavia|MS ''Athena'']] ||align="Center" | {{GT|40,012}} || [[Rederi AB Slite]] ([[Viking Line]] traffic) || Baltic Sea || {{flag|Sweden}} ||
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| 1989 || [[MS Cinderella|MS ''Cinderella'']] ||align="Center" | {{GT|46,398}} || [[SF Line]] ([[Viking Line]] traffic) || Baltic Sea || {{flag|Finland}} ||
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| 1990 || [[MS Silja Serenade|MS ''Silja Serenade'']] ||align="Center" | {{GT|58,376}} || [[Silja Line]] || Baltic Sea || {{flag|Finland}} ||
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| 1991 || [[MS Silja Symphony|MS ''Silja Symphony'']] ||align="Center" | {{GT|58,377}} || [[Silja Line]] || Baltic Sea || {{flag|Sweden}} ||
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| 1993 || [[MS Silja Europa|MS ''Silja Europa'']] ||align="Center" | {{GT|59,914}} || [[Tallink]] || Baltic Sea || {{flag|Estonia}} || Ordered by [[Rederi AB Slite]] for [[Viking Line]] traffic
|-
| 2001 || [[MS Pride of Rotterdam|MS ''Pride of Rotterdam'']] ||align="Center" | {{GT|59,925}} || [[P&O Ferries]] || North Sea || {{flag|Netherlands}} ||
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| 2001 || [[MS Pride of Hull|MS ''Pride of Hull'']] ||align="Center" | {{GT|59,925}} || [[P&O Ferries]] || North Sea || {{flag|Netherlands}} ||
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| 2004 || [[MS Color Fantasy|MS ''Color Fantasy'']] ||align="Center" | {{GT|75,027}} || [[Color Line (ferry operator)|Color Line]] || [[Kattegat]], [[Skagerrak]] || {{flag|Norway}} ||
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| 2007 || [[MS Color Magic|MS ''Color Magic'']] ||align="Center" | {{GT|75,100}} || [[Color Line (ferry operator)|Color Line]] || Kattegat, Skagerrak || {{flag|Norway}} ||
|-
| colspan="7" | <sup>1</sup>May be specified in [[gross tonnage]] (GT) or [[gross register tons]] (GRT).
|}

==List of cruiseferry operators==
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===Åland===
*{{flagicon|Åland}} [[Eckerö Linjen]]
*{{flagicon|Finland}} ({{flagicon|Åland}}) [[Viking Line]]

===Australia===
*{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Spirit of Tasmania]]

===Canada===
*{{flagicon|Canada}} [[BC Ferries]]
*{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Marine Atlantic]]

===Croatia===
*{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Jadrolinija]]

===Denmark===
*{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[DFDS Seaways]]

===Estonia===
*{{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Tallink]]

===Faroe Islands===
*{{Flagicon|Faroe Islands}} [[Smyril Line]]

===Finland===
*{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Eckerö Line]]
*{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Silja Line]] (operated by {{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Tallink]])
*{{flagicon|Finland}} ({{flagicon|Åland}}) [[Viking Line]]
*{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Finnlines]]
*{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Wasa Line]]

===France===
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Brittany Ferries]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Corsica Ferries - Sardinia Ferries]]
*{{flagicon|France}} [[SNCM|Corsica Linea]]

===Greece===
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[ANEK Lines]]
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Blue Star Ferries]]
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Hellenic Seaways]]
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[LANE Lines]]
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Levante Ferries]]
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Minoan Lines]]
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[NEL Lines]]
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Superfast Ferries]]
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Ventouris Ferries]]

=== Hong Kong ===

*{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Genting Hong Kong]] (defunct)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ngui |first=Yantoultra |date=2022 |title=How a Billionaire's Cruise Empire Imploded in Hong Kong |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=154827127&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=2024-11-02 |work=Bloomberg.com |via=[[EBSCOhost]]}}</ref>

===Ireland===
*{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Brittany Ferries]]
*{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[DFDS Seaways]]
*{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Irish Ferries]]
*{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[P&O Ferries]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2002 |title=Travelscene boosts options in Cruiseferry programme |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=7712832&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=2024-11-02 |work=Travel Trade Gazette UK & Ireland |page=63 |via=[[EBSCOhost]] |issue=2534}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Stena Line]]

===Italy===
*{{flagicon|ITA|civil}} [[Grandi Navi Veloci]]
*{{flagicon|ITA|civil}} [[Grimaldi Group|Grimaldi Lines]]
*{{flagicon|ITA|civil}} [[Corsica Ferries]]
*{{flagicon|ITA|civil}} [[Moby Lines]]
*{{flagicon|ITA|civil}} [[Tirrenia di Navigazione]]

===Mexico===
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Baja Ferries]]

===Norway===
*{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Color Line (ferry operator)|Color Line]]
*{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Fjord Line]]

===Poland===
*{{flagicon|Poland}}[[Polferries]]

===Spain===
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Trasmediterranea]]
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Baleària]]

===Sweden===
*{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Stena Line]]
'''<big>Tunisia</big>'''

<big>•</big>  [[Compagnie Tunisienne de Navigation|Tunisia ferries (COTUNAV)]]

===United Kingdom===
*{{flagicon|UK|civil}} [[P&O Ferries]]
*{{flagicon|UK|civil}} [[NorthLink Ferries]]
*{{flagicon|UK|civil}} [[Brittany Ferries]]
*{{flagicon|UK|civil}} [[Irish Ferries]]
*{{flagicon|UK|civil}} [[Stena Line]]

===Japan===
* {{flagicon|JP}} [[Taiheiyō Ferry]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:PontAven0419.jpg|{{MV|Pont-Aven||2}}, Brittany Ferries' flagship.
Image:Silja Europa 2005.jpg|[[M/S Silja Europa|M/S ''Silja Europa'']], the largest cruiseferry in the world 1993–2001.
Image:Cinderella-vintern-2003.jpg|[[M/S Cinderella|M/S ''Cinderella'']] departing [[Helsinki]].
Image:Bateau Mega Regina Entrant Port - L'Île-Rousse (FR2B) - 2021-09-05 - 6 (cropped).jpg|[[MS Mega Regina|M/S ''Mega Regina'']] at [[Ile Rousse]] 
Image:Color Fantasy Heck.JPG|[[M/S Color Fantasy|M/S ''Color Fantasy'']], the largest cruiseferry in the world 2004–2007.
Image:Cruise Roma Civitavecchia.jpg|''[[MS Cruise Roma]]'' in [[Civitavecchia]], Italy.
Image:Casa BIA.jpg|[[MS Danielle Casanova|M/S ''Danielle Casanova'']] in [[Bastia]], [[Corsica]], France.
Image:PrideofRotterdam.png|[[Pride of Rotterdam|M/S ''Pride of Rotterdam'']]
Image:Tallink_Galaxy.jpg|[[MS Galaxy|MS ''Galaxy'']] in Helsinki West Harbour.
Image:Brosen_gdansk_polferries_scandinavia2.jpg|[[MS Scandinavia (2003)|MS ''Scandinavia'']] in [[Gdańsk]], [[Poland]].
Image:Pearl of Scandinavia.jpg|[[Pearl of Scandinavia|M/S ''Pearl of Scandinavia'']] in [[Oslo]], [[Norway]]
File:Cap_Finistère.jpg|[[MV Cap Finistère|MV ''Cap Finistère'']] of [[Brittany Ferries]] sailing from [[Portsmouth International Port]], [[UK]] for [[Bilbao]], [[Spain]].
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Commons category|Cruiseferries}}
* [[River cruise]]

==References==
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