The carrier vowed to provide ferry passengers with punctuality at an average of 97% on all routes by 2025. #NewsismyBusiness
The ferry operator said the result is “a new annual high reached before 2025.” #NewsismyBusiness
The system is expected to exceed the 2023 annual record of 1.5 million passengers before the December holidays. #NewsismyBusiness
Operator of the maritime transportation system reports new ridership highs through June 2024. #NewsismyBusiness
The operator saw 14% increase in passengers from January to May. #NewsismyBusiness
The jump coincides with service improvements and a new ticket transfer policy. #NewsismyBusiness
The Maritime Transportation Authority (ATM, in Spanish) and HMS Ferries, in alliance with the mayors of the island municipalities of Vieques and Culebra announced a new consolidated ticket exchange and refund policy for the Puerto Rico Ferry that can allow their vessels to operate at full capacity. This policy states that from now on: Passenger-only […]
The maritime connection between Puerto Rico and the island municipalities of Vieques and Culebra will see the arrival of several additional passenger and cargo vessels — expanding the fleet to nine — by year’s end, Matt Miller, president of HMS Puerto Rico, confirmed. In an interview with News is my Business, Miller also said the […]
HMS Ferries, the company selected in November 2020 to operate the Maritime Transportation Authority’s ferry service through a public-private partnership, said it is identifying three additional cargo vessels to add to the Ceiba-Vieques-Culebra routes, which in recent weeks has been in crisis mode. The company, which has yet to formally take over the service — […]
As part of the “systematic and complex” handover of procedures of Puerto Rico’s maritime transportation service, HMS Ferries announced the start of the process to transition operations on the Cataño-San Juan ferry route. “During the Transition Phase, we will be working on the systematic transfer of the maritime transportation service in Puerto Rico. During this […]
Puerto Rico Fast Ferries LLC, a company that has been providing supplemental services to the government’s Maritime Transportation Authority (MTA) for ferry connections between Puerto Rico, Vieques and Culebra, has filed a legal challenge against the recent 23-year public-private partnership concession granted to HMS Ferries Inc. to take over the operation. In a 56-page legal […]
HMS Ferries Inc., a subsidiary of the Hornblower Group, and the Puerto Rico Maritime Transportation Authority (MTA), announced the start of the transition process for the operation and maintenance of the island’s maritime transportation systems. The system includes service between Cataño and San Juan and between Ceiba, and the island municipalities of Vieques and Culebra […]
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