SNCM Overview
SNCM (Société Nationale Maritime Corse Méditerranée) has provided the public maritime service to and from Corsica since 1976, and is a major ferry operator in passenger, vehicle and freight transportation in the Western Mediterranean, providing regular year-round ferry services between France and Corsica, Sardinia, Tunisia and Algeria.
SNCM operate more than 3,500 ferry crossings annually with a full range of services from Marseille and Nice to the Corsican ports of Bastia, Calvi, Ile Rousse, Ajaccio, Porto Vecchio and Propriano.
SNCM has continued its development of ferry services to North Africa with regular crossings to Tunisia (Tunis) from the French ferry ports Marseille and Toulon with the new cruise ferry Danielle Casanova and to Algeria (Oran) from Marseille.
Routes
SNCM run ferry services between the French ports of Marseille, Nice and Toulon, the Italian port of Genoa, Alicante and Barcelona in Spain, the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia and northern Africa. With AFerry.com you can book SNCM ferry crossings between;
- Mainland France and Corsica (Marseille, Nice and Toulon to Ajaccio and Bastia; Marseille and Nice to Ile Rousse; Marseille and Toulon to Propriano and Marseille to Porto Vecchio).
- France (Marseille) and Sardinia (Porto Torres)
- Corsica (Propriano and Ajaccio) and Sardinia (Porto Torres)
- France (Marseille) and Algeria (Algiers, Oran, Bejaia and Skikda)
- Spain (Alicante, Barcelona) and Algeria (Algiers and Oran)
- France (Marseille) and Tunisia (Tunis)
- And Italy (Genoa) and Tunisia (Tunis)
Onboard Facilities
The SNCM fleet consist of 10 vessels (5 cruise ferries, 4 passenger and cargo ships and 1 high speed craft) all sailing under the French flag. The cargo and passenger ships operate a ferry crossing between the ferry ports of Corsica and Marseille all year round, and have a smaller capacity with a friendly atmosphere. Onboard you will find restaurants, cabins and lounge bars that are equal to those on the cruise ferries.
The 5 SNCM cruise ferries depart from the ferry ports of Marseille and Toulon to all destinations Corsica, Sardinia, Algeria and Tunisia and carry both passengers and freight. On board you will find restaurants, disco, a piano bar, shop, a games area, solarium, swimming pool and jacuzzi.
The High speed craft, Liamone travels from Nice to Corsica in less than 3 hours, and has a bar, buffet bar, children's play area, elegant shopping area and solarium deck to enjoy during your voyage. |
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