Ferry Scores

Independent · Official EU emissions data · 2025 reporting year

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Dover → Calais

P&O · Irish Ferries · DFDS
Lower-CO₂ option available
27 NM
Distance
≈1 h 30
Crossing
9
Ships rated
3
Operators
Lowest CO₂ on this route
P&O Libertéhybrid
P&O
5.2 kg CO₂ / passenger
7.5% of average European bodyweight
Ship choice matters: 5.2 kg on P&O Liberté vs 45.7 kg on Dover Seaways - a 8.8× spread on the same water.

The CO₂ rankings · 2025 reporting year

Every Channel ferry, ranked by CO₂.

Official EU emissions per passenger, per ship. Filter to your route, pick the lower-CO₂ ship, book direct.

22 crossings9 routes4 operatorsBest–worst spread 24×
How we rank →

Per crossing is what one passenger emits on that route, so shorter crossings rank higher. Per nautical mile compares how efficiently each ship carries a passenger, whatever the distance.

#
Ship
Operator
Route
kg CO₂ / crossing
1
P&O Libertéhybrid
P&O
Dover–Calais
5.22 kg
2
P&O Pioneerhybrid
P&O
Dover–Calais
6.99 kg
3
Spirit of France
P&O
Dover–Calais
7.09 kg
4
Isle of Inishmore
Irish Ferries
Dover–Calais
9.89 kg
5
Oscar Wilde
Irish Ferries
Dover–Calais
10.74 kg
6
Côte des Dunes
DFDS
Dover–Calais
29.86 kg
7
Côte des Flandres
DFDS
Dover–Calais
30.04 kg
8
Côte d'Opale
DFDS
Dover–Calais
37.44 kg
9
Dover Seaways
DFDS
Dover–Calais
45.66 kg
10
Delft Seaways
DFDS
Dover–Dunkirk
46.79 kg
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Weight for weight

Moving one passenger shouldn't cost the earth

CO₂ emitted per passenger for a single crossing, set against the 70 kg average European passenger. The best Channel ships come in under a tenth of that. The worst emit more than one and a half times it.

Average European adult body mass, 70 kg. Source: Walpole et al., BMC Public Health, 2012.

7.5%
5.22 kg CO₂ · P&O Liberté
Barely a splash.
Official EU MRV data · 2025 reporting yearPublished methodologyIndependent - we don't sell tickets