VOYAGE EXPRESS © DG Sea Connect

DG Sea Connect reports traffic figures for Gulf of Khambhat service

FerryIndian RoPax operator DG Sea Connect has published preliminary traffic figures on Instagram after just over five years of operating its route between Hazira, the port of Surat, and Ghogha, the port of Bhavnagar, across the Gulf of Khambhat in north-western India, facing the Arabian Sea.

During this period, DG Sea Connect’s only RoPax ferry, the 1999-built, 6,118 GT VOYAGE EXPRESS, which has capacity for 450 passengers and 670 lane metres, has carried 1.7 million passengers, 230,000 cars and 220,000 trucks.

The four-hour crossing saves travellers between the two major urban areas on either side of the Gulf of Khambhat a 12-hour, 360km drive.

VOYAGE EXPRESS was acquired second-hand from Japan’s Silver Ferry, for which it operated as VENILIA. The ferry was originally delivered by Mitsubishi to Higashi Nihon Ferry.

aug 28 2026