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 […]
Under the long-term, government enforced embargo, the shipment of goods and vehicles between Vieques and Isla Grande has been so constrained that our community is not economically viable. The extreme restriction of cargo services denies us the ability to live normal lives, start and run businesses, and grow the community as we see fit. What […]
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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