As of 2026-10-12, Sporades Star tops the list with 40 km/h.
- #1 Sporades Star — 40 km/h
ship built in 1975
Sporades Star is a passenger ferry which belongs to Seajets. She was previously owned by Moby Lines and was named Moby Love. She was launched in 1972 as Saint Eloi but not completed until 1975 due to the bankruptcy of the shipyard that built her. She was built as a multi-purpose ferry, capable of carrying railway rolling stock as well as road vehicles. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #2 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern — 39 km/h
Stena Line train ferry
source Wikidata - #3 Sassnitz — 39 km/h
formerly German railway ferry
source Wikidata - #4 Warnemünde — 39 km/h
ship built in 1963
source Wikidata - #5 MS Skåne — 39 km/h
Swedish passenger ferry
MS Skane is a Swedish passenger ferry in operation between Trelleborg in Scania, Sweden and Rostock in Mecklenburg, Germany. The world's largest multi-purpose ro-ro/train ferry, it is owned by the Stena Line, and operated by Scandlines. The ship was built in 1997-98 by Astilleros Españoles of Spain. It is named for the southern Swedish province of Skåne, called "Scania" in English. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #6 SS Badger — 39 km/h
passenger and vehicle ferry in the United States
SS Badger is a passenger and vehicle ferry in the United States that has been in service on Lake Michigan since 1953. Currently, the ship shuttles between Ludington, Michigan, and Manitowoc, Wisconsin, a distance of 62 miles (100 km), connecting U.S. Highway 10 (US 10) between those two cities. She is the last coal-fired passenger vessel operating on the Great Lakes, and was designated a National Historic Landmark on January 20, 2016. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #7 Polonia — 38 km/h
ship built in 1995
source Wikidata - #8 MS Trelleborg — 37 km/h
train ferry launched in 1981
source Wikidata - #9 Mukran — 36 km/h
train ferry launched in 1986
source Wikidata - #10 Aratere — 36 km/h
train ferry launched in 1998
Aratere was a roll-on/roll-off rail and vehicle ferry operated by KiwiRail in New Zealand. Built in 1998 for Tranz Rail and lengthened in 2011, she operated four daily crossings on the Interislander service across Cook Strait from Wellington to Picton each day. Read more on Wikipedia.
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