Ferry punctuality, measured departure by departure
We compare every departure measured from the ship’s AIS positions with the official timetable. A departure is on time up to 5 minutes late. A route, an operator or a country gets a figure only from 50 measured departures in the last 30 days.
All measured departures
5,765 sailings · 30 days · average delay 3 min
- On time
- 88%
- 5,052
- Late
- 12%
- 713
- On time (up to 5 min): 5,052 (88%)
- 5–15 min late: 541 (9%)
- 15–30 min late: 123 (2%)
- Over 30 min late: 49 (1%)
- Half of the departures leave within 2 min of the scheduled time.
- When a departure is late, the typical delay is 9 min.
- Last 7 days: 86% on time, out of 2,228 sailings.
France
68% on time over 445 sailings.
Routes, most punctual first
- Groix → Lorient97% on time · 78 sailings
- Lorient → Groix94% on time · 80 sailings
- Quiberon → Belle Île66% on time · 64 sailings
- Belle Île → Quiberon65% on time · 72 sailings
United Kingdom
86% on time over 2,608 sailings.
Most punctual routes
- Raasay → Sconser100% on time · 79 sailings
- McInroy's Point → Hunters Quay97% on time · 584 sailings
- Yarmouth → Lymington97% on time · 142 sailings
- Hunters Quay → McInroy's Point96% on time · 582 sailings
- Lymington → Yarmouth96% on time · 124 sailings
Least punctual routes
- Cowes → Southampton16% on time · 74 sailings
- Southampton → Cowes21% on time · 86 sailings
- Rothesay → Wemyss Bay83% on time · 80 sailings
- East Cowes → Southampton88% on time · 223 sailings
- Fishbourne Iow → Portsmouth Harbour89% on time · 66 sailings
Spain
78% on time over 385 sailings.
Routes, most punctual first
- Playa Blanca → Corralejo79% on time · 195 sailings
- Corralejo → Playa Blanca79% on time · 182 sailings
Denmark
92% on time over 2,425 sailings.
Most punctual routes
- Havnsø → Sejerø100% on time · 74 sailings
- Drejø → Svendborg100% on time · 52 sailings
- Sælvig → Hou98% on time · 109 sailings
- Faaborg → Lyø98% on time · 65 sailings
- Askø → Kragenæs98% on time · 56 sailings
Least punctual routes
- Ærøskøbing → Svendborg84% on time · 56 sailings
- Puttgarden → Rødby86% on time · 329 sailings
- Femø → Kragenæs87% on time · 62 sailings
- Rødby → Puttgarden88% on time · 321 sailings
- Fejø → Kragenæs89% on time · 89 sailings
Operators, most punctual first
- Svendborg Havn, Færge- og Sundfart100% on time · 61 sailings
- Sejerøbugtens Færger99% on time · 158 sailings
- Ø-Færgen98% on time · 215 sailings
- Samsø Rederi97% on time · 201 sailings
- ÆrøXpressen97% on time · 61 sailings
- Western Ferries96% on time · 1,166 sailings
- Tunøfærgen95% on time · 55 sailings
- Agersø Omø færgerne93% on time · 248 sailings
- Wightlink92% on time · 430 sailings
- Lolland færgefart92% on time · 425 sailings
- CalMac Ferries92% on time · 234 sailings
- Strynøfærgen89% on time · 161 sailings
- Ærøfærgerne88% on time · 127 sailings
- Scandlines87% on time · 650 sailings
- Compagnie Océane82% on time · 312 sailings
- Fred. Olsen Express79% on time · 377 sailings
- Orkney Ferries75% on time · 89 sailings
- Red Funnel70% on time · 585 sailings
- Brittany Ferries27% on time · 86 sailings