Direct Ferries Schedules Scraper

What does Direct Ferries Schedules do?

Scrape public Direct Ferries route pages for ferry sailing schedules — operators, departure/arrival times, and ISO durations — from embedded BoatTrip JSON-LD. Pass a route URL or origin/destination ports (defaults: Dover → Calais). Export JSON or CSV via Apify API, schedule, or MCP.

Unofficial. This Actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or maintained by Direct Ferries. It reads public route pages only. No booking accounts, prices as paid checkout, or personal traveler data.

Dashboards: connect Power BI, Tableau, Looker Studio, or Qlik to the dataset API — see Export to Power BI, Tableau, Looker Studio & Qlik near the end. AI agents: paste this Actor's Store page URL into an Apify-capable agent (MCP / Claude / Cursor with Apify), create an Apify account and API token once, and the agent can run the Actor and wire up the output.

Why use this Direct Ferries scraper?

• ⛴️ One row per sailing (subTrip) on a route page
• 🧭 Simple input: ports or route URL (undercuts complex peer Actors)
• ⏱️ Departure, arrival, operator, and duration (ISO + minutes)
• 🛡️ Lightweight curl_cffi HTTP — no browser

How to scrape Direct Ferries schedules

1. Open this Actor in Apify Console.
2. Click Start on the prefilled Dover → Calais route (maxItems 5).
3. Or set routeUrls to other Direct Ferries *_ferry.htm pages.
4. Export the dataset or pull via API.

{
  "originPort": "Dover",
  "destinationPort": "Calais",
  "maxItems": 5,
  "proxyType": "none"
}

How much does it cost?

Pay per event (PPE): Actor start + each sailing result row. On Free, results are about $0.85 / 1,000; paid plans are lower (see the Pricing tab).

Input

Field	Description
originPort	Departure port (default Dover) when routeUrls is empty
destinationPort	Arrival port (default Calais) when routeUrls is empty
routeUrls	Optional list of Direct Ferries route page URLs
maxItems	Cap on sailing rows
proxyType	Optional proxy

startUrls is accepted as an alias for routeUrls.

Sample output

{
  "routeName": "Dover - Calais",
  "originPort": "Dover",
  "destinationPort": "Calais",
  "operator": "Irish Ferries",
  "departureTime": "00:20",
  "arrivalTime": "01:50",
  "durationIso": "PT1H30M",
  "durationMinutes": 90,
  "routeUrl": "https://www.directferries.com/dover_calais_ferry.htm",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-10T10:00:00+00:00"
}

FAQ

Is this official Direct Ferries software?

No. It is unofficial and not affiliated with Direct Ferries.

Do I need a Direct Ferries account?

No — public route schedule pages only.

Can AI agents call this?

Yes — Actor ID bakos_bence/direct-ferries-schedules via Apify API or MCP.

Something broke?

Open the Issues tab on this Actor's page.

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Profile: bakos_bence on Apify.

For AI agents & LLM apps

Paste this Actor's Apify Store URL into an agent that can use Apify (MCP, Claude, Cursor, etc.). With an Apify account and API token, the agent can set input, run the Actor, and fetch the dataset.

Export to Power BI, Tableau, Looker Studio & Qlik

1. Run the Actor (or open a finished run).
2. Open the Dataset → API / Export.
3. Copy the dataset items URL (JSON or CSV).
4. In your BI tool, add a web / API data source with that URL (and your Apify token as a header or query param if required).
5. Refresh on a schedule that matches your monitoring cadence.

Schedule data is scraped from public Direct Ferries pages — always verify critical travel decisions against the official site.