Corsica Linea is a private ferry company based in the Corsican capital of Ajaccio. It emerged from Maritime Corse Méditerranée in 2016, which in turn was the legal successor to the shipping company SNCM - so it is basically just a new brand, not a completely new company.
Corsica Linea offers connections from Marseille to Corsica as well as to Algeria and Tunisia. There are four ports of call in Corsica: Ajaccio, Bastia, Ile-Rousse and Porto-Vecchio. The main connection is the Marseille-Bastia route, which is served 1-2 times a day during the high season.
The routes to North Africa are served much less frequently: the Corsica Linea ships sail from Marseille to Tunis three times a week and from Marseille to Bejeija in Algeria one to three times a week.
Corsica Linea currently operates eight ships, most of which were taken over from its predecessor company SNCM. They have a capacity of between 600 and 2800 passengers, making them medium to large ferries with lengths of between 150 and 200 meters.
All Corsica Linea ships have extensive catering facilities with restaurants, snack bars and cafeterias. As all connections have quite long travel times - the journey from Marseille to Corsica takes ten to eleven hours depending on the port of destination and around 22 hours to North Africa - comfortable cabins are available on all ships. Some of these can be booked in different comfort classes. Some ships have sun decks and even pools.
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