Jadrolinija is Croatia's largest liner shipping company for the maritime transport of passengers and vehicles, with a hundred year long tradition. The Company was founded on 20th January 1947 in Rijeka as a successor of various mergers of small-sized shipowners having taken place since 1872. The basic purpose of Jadrolinija is to connect major centres along the Croatian coast as well as numerous islands with the mainland. The carriage of passengers and vehicles is of seasonal character and closely related to the travel and tourism industry.
There were 8,972.000 passengers and 2,274.000 carried on board Jadrolinija' s 54 ships (5 large passenger ferries in coastal and international services, 35 ferries in local passenger services, 8 catamarans, 1 hydrobus and 5 conventional ships). Based on the last year data there are 400 departures daily envisaged for the next summer, with 24 hour - service to be provided on most frequent routes.
