The Puerto Rico Maritime Transportation Authority announced the addition of the Cayo Blanco ferry, which has a capacity for 600 passengers, to the Puerto Rico/Vieques route. Another ferry, the Coastal Explorer — owned by Puerto Rico Fast Ferries — will substitute the Schoodic Explorer as part of the new $10 million, one-year contract recently signed […]
The Maritime Transportation Authority will extend for another year its contract with Puerto Rico Fast Ferries to provide service between Puerto Rico and its island municipalities of Vieques and Culebra. However, the contract will be modified, as the government will commission the private operator for three vessels, rather than the current four, for $10 million, […]
The rates charged to take the ferry between Puerto Rico and its island municipalities of Vieques and Culebra will begin increasing gradually after the service is transferred to a private operator, Public Private Partnership Authority Executive Director Omar Marrero confirmed. In an interview during the “En Una Hora” program on 11Q 1140 AM — in […]
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