Ferries are a very popular mean of transport in Greece and passengers have to be familiar with some basic vocabulary before even booking a ticket.
- Ferry company: the ferry owner. Ferry companies own one or more ferries that operate the routes
- Ferry: the vessel that conveys passengers and vehicles
- Conventional ferry: the classic type of ferry, with big lounges, big open decks to enjoy the sea and big capacity of passengers and vehicles
- High-speed ferry: it's like a small conventional ferry with an aerodynamic shape. It's faster and has no open decks
- Catamaran: the fastest type of ferry, easy to distinguish it from the double hull. It hasn't open decks so as to reduce air drag
- Flying dolphin (hydrofoil): the smallest type of ferry. It's elongated and when it reaches speed it rises from the sea and goes faster. It has only numbered seats
- Ferry boat: small ferry that connects two neighboring coasts
- Island hopping: traveling from one island to another, usually 3 or more
- Apagoreftiko: in case of bad weather conditions the routes are canceled
- Gates: applies only to Piraeus port. Destinations are organized in gates
- Ticket booth: in Piraeus port, ferry companies have their own ticket booths at the appropriate gates. You'll find ticket booths in almost all ports across Greece
- Catapult: the rear side of the ferry that opens like a bridge and passengers and vehicles board. Every time the ferry approaches a port, there is action there. The crew is throwing the anchor ropes to the docks
- Luggage storage area: as soon as you enter the ferry, you place your luggage to the luggage storage area
- Deck: the "floors" of the ferry. They are connected with stairs and elevators
- Vehicle's deck: the deck where we park our vehicles
- Open deck: the open-air deck
- Upper deck: the deck on top of the ferry. It's the largest open-air deck
- Lounge: the passenger area on the main deck
- Airline/numbered seats
- Cabins: the rooms of the ferry, located on the lower decks
- Announcements: the voice you'll hear on the loudspeakers when leaving or arriving on a port
- Kavos: the anchor rope
- kairos - ehi kairo (in greek): bad weather conditions
- Spitha: lighthouse
- Vrahonisida: small rocky and uninhabited islet
- Aponera: the line of waves the ferry leaves behind
