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More ferries to join Puerto Rico/Vieques/Culebra maritime route by year’s end

Michelle Kantrow-Vázquez August 19, 2021

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 […]

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Puerto Rico Fast Ferries challenges maritime transportation P3 contract

Michelle Kantrow-Vázquez November 25, 2020

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 […]

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