The following is a list of ferry operators.
North America
- Alaska Marine Highway System (ports across Alaska as well as Prince Rupert, British Columbia and Bellingham, Washington)
- Anderson Ferry (Cincinnati, Ohio) (goes across the Ohio River to allow Ohio residents quick access to Kentucky and vice versa)
- Arctic Umiaq Line (coastal ferry along the western coast of Greenland)
- Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (operates one ferry across Bull Shoals Lake)
- Augusta Ferry (service between Higginsport, Ohio, and Augusta, Kentucky)
- Bay Ferries (eastern Canada and US, Caribbean Sea)
- BC Ferries (British Columbia, Canada)
- BillyBey Ferry Company (Weehawken, New Jersey)
- Black Ball Transport (Olympic Peninsula to Vancouver Island)
- Block Island Express (New London, Connecticut, to Block Island, Rhode Island)
- Blue and Gold Fleet (connects San Francisco with Sausalito, Tiburon, Angel Island, Oakland, Alameda, and Vallejo) (San Francisco, California)
- Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Ferry (Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Port Jefferson, New York)
- California Department of Transportation operates the Howard Landing Ferry on the California Delta
- Clackamas County, Oregon (Canby Ferry) Cable pulled ferry across the Willamette River in the vicinity of Canby, Oregon[7]
- Cape May–Lewes Ferry (service between Cape May County, New Jersey, and Lewes, Delaware, across the Delaware Bay)
- Casco Bay Lines (service between Portland, Maine, and the Islands of Casco Bay)
- Cave-In-Rock Ferry (service between Cave-In-Rock, Illinois, and rural Crittenden County, Kentucky)
- Chester-Hadlyme ferry (seasonal ferry operating on the Connecticut River)
- Cross Sound Ferry (New London, Connecticut, to Orient, New York)[8]
- Delaware State Parks runs ferry services to Pea Patch Island State Park from Delaware City, Delaware, and Fort Mott (New Jersey)
- Diskoline (domestic passenger-only ferries in the Disko Bay area in Greenland; summer services only due to sea ice in winter)
- Fire Island Ferries (service between Bay Shore, New York, and Fire Island, New York, across the Great South Bay)[9]
- Fraser River Marine Transportation Ltd. (British Columbia, Canada)
- Golden Gate Transit (ferries in the San Francisco Bay Area)
- Governors Island Alliance (New York City)
- Harris County, Texas (operates a ferry across Buffalo Bayou near the San Jacinto Monument)
- Hatton Ferry (James River, Virginia)
- Hornblower Cruises (San Francisco)
- Inter-Island Ferry Authority (five Southeast Alaskan communities)
- Jacksonville Water Taxi (Jacksonville, Florida)
- Jet Express (U.S. Lake Erie Islands)[10]
- Lake Champlain Transportation Company (on Lake Champlain in the United States)
- Lake Express (on Lake Michigan)
- Lake Michigan Carferry (operates the SS Badger)
- Liberty Water Taxi (Jersey City, New Jersey)
- Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LDOTD)
- Mackinac Island Ferry Company (formerly Star Line) (access to Mackinac Island, Michigan from St. Ignace and Mackinaw City)
- Marine Atlantic (Atlantic Canada)
- MBTA boat (Boston)
- Metro Transit (public transit routes in Halifax, Nova Scotia)
- Millersburg Ferry (Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania, between Millerburg and Liverpool, Pennsylvania)[11]
- NYC Ferry (New York City)
- New York Water Taxi (New York City)
- North Carolina Ferry System (operates eight ferry routes)
- Northumberland Ferries (eastern Canada)
- NY Waterway (Weehawken, New Jersey)
- Owen Sound Transportation Company Limited, Tobermory, Ontario
- Oxford–Bellevue Ferry (Talbot County, Maryland)[12]
- Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana[13]
- RiverLink Ferry (between Philadelphia and Camden, New Jersey across the Delaware River)
- Rocky Hill-Glastonbury ferry (seasonal ferry operating on the Connecticut River)
- Shepler's Ferry (access to Mackinac Island, Michigan from St. Ignace and Mackinaw City)
- Sistersville Ferry (crosses the Ohio River between Sistersville, West Virginia and the unincorporated community of Fly, Ohio)
- Société des traversiers du Québec (Quebec, Canada)[14]
- Staten Island Ferry (New York City)
- The Steamship Authority (Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts)
- Texas Department of Transportation (operates two ferries, one at Galveston, Texas, and the other at Port Aransas, Texas)
- Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division (operate three Toronto Island ferries)
- Toronto Port Authority (operate one island airport ferry)
- Utah Department of Transportation/UDOT operates the Charles Hall Ferry across Lake Powell connecting UT 276 inside Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
- Valley View Ferry (connects Jessamine County and Lexington, Kentucky, with Madison County via SR 169 at the Kentucky River)
- VDOT provides free car ferry services in Southern Virginia, including the Jamestown Ferry
- Washington State Ferries (northwest US)
- White's Ferry, a cable ferry between Maryland and Virginia
- Woodland Ferry, cable ferry located in western Sussex County, Delaware, spanning the Nanticoke River at Woodland, Delaware, west of the city of Seaford
In addition, a private operator runs a ferry across the Current River in Missouri, at Akers Ferry crossing in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways.