españolColon - Cartagena Ferry Stops OperatingFriday, December 11, 2015 Despite the fact that it was announced in July that the business would be restructured to make it viable, the company which connects Cartagena port with Colon will not be providing the service in 2016. In July 2015 representatives from the company Aventuras 2000 projected modifying the schema to make it profitable, but lack of adequate port infrastructure in Isla Colon, among other factors, has prevented the idea of connecting two significant tourist cities from prospering. Still No Ferry Between Cartagena - PanamaFriday, June 8, 2012 The start of operations was announced for May 10 but the permits from the governments of Colombia and Panama are still lacking. Some internet postings point to the possibility that regional airlines are lobbying to prevent the activity of Cartagena-Colombia Ferry, which would pose serious competition. Colón - Bocas del Toro - Cartagena FerryWednesday, November 5, 2014 On October 25 Ferry Xpress began offering the service, which makes a weekly trip from the port of Colon to Cartagena in Colombia, with a stopover in Bocas del Toro. The tourist steamer with capacity to carry 1,300 passengers set sail on Friday from the Colon 2000 Port and made a 12-hour trip to the coast of Cartagena. Few Customers for the Colon - Cartagena FerryThursday, July 16, 2015 Although they have not canceled the project, the company Aventuras 2000 has announced that it will restructure the business to try to make it viable. One possibility is to rent a smaller boat to make the crossing, but this has not been confirmed by the company, which does not yet have a date for the second season of the ferry that connects the city of Colon in the province of Bocas del Toro and the port of Cartagena in Colombia. New Attempt for a Ferry Between Colon and CartagenaThursday, August 21, 2014 An announcement has been made that on October 24th a ferry will begin operating between Panama and Colombia, with a connection in the island of Bocas del Toro. Two years after the last attempt to connect the cities of Colombia and Panama via a maritime route, Panama-based Ferry Xpress will be launching the project on October 24th. Ferry Project from Panama to Colombia RevivedThursday, December 13, 2012 Panamanian authorities have presented a project to a Spanish shipping company to establish a maritime connection between Colon and Cartagena. The Tourism Authority of Panama has presented the project to the Spanish shipping company Acciona Trasmediterránea, who might be interested in operating the route. Ferry Connection Between Panama and ColombiaWednesday, April 11, 2012 A shipping vessel owned by Panamerican Seaways with capacity for 1,500 passengers and 500 cars, will begin travelling in May between Cartagena de Indias in Colombia and Colon in Panama. Operators calculate that between 800 and 1,000 people will be carried on the "Nissos Rodos" ferry per trip, with rates starting from $99 and going up to $508. Revived Interest in Panama - Colombia FerryThursday, December 5, 2013 A European group is negotiating the operation of the maritime route between Colon and Cartagena using a ship with capacity for 1,500 passengers, 200 cars and 50 containers. Prensa.com reports: "In the absence of a land connection between the two countries, and which would link South America with the rest of the continent, the ferry between Colon and Cartagena is a project that has attracted entrepreneurs in the recent past, but without any great results" . Colombia – Panama Ferry Project Canceled "Sine Die"Thursday, October 4, 2012 The company Panamerican Seaway announced at the beginning of the year that that the ferry would start functioning in May making its 12-hour journey which would link the port of Colon with the terminal of Cartagena. The project aroused great expectations, but never materialized. End of La Union – Caldera Cargo FerryFriday, October 26, 2018 Despite the recent announcement by a Costa Rican company about the future of the operation of the Cargo ferry between El Salvador and Costa Rica, as planned, the service is still not operating and may never do so. The option of maritime cargo transport emerged again with the objective of minimizing part of the impact that the Nicaraguan crisis has had on intraregional trade. That is why in July the governments of Costa Rica and El Salvador announced that they were already able to begin ferrying operations. See "Cargo Ferry Between La Union and Caldera Back on the Table" El Salvador - Costa Rica Ferry to Operate SoonTuesday, August 28, 2018 The Costa Rican company Desacarga will be the authorized company to provide, from September, a maritime cargo service between the Salvadoran port of La Unión and Caldera, in Costa Rica. Monica Segnini, CEO of Desacarga, told Elmundo.sv that "... Cargo Ferry Between La Union and Caldera Back On the TableWednesday, July 11, 2018 In order to minimize some of the impact that the Nicaraguan crisis has had on intraregional trade, the governments of Costa Rica and El Salvador have announced that they are now in a position to start ferry operations. After unsuccessfully trying to implement this maritime cargo transport option, in May of last year the Spanish shipping company Odiel decided to end the negotiation process to operate the ferry, due to a disagreement over the setting of tariffs that would have to be charged for the service. Since then, the project has been forgotten. La Unión - Caldera Cargo Ferry Plan AbandonedTuesday, May 30, 2017 Due to a disagreement over the rates that should be charged for the service, the Spanish shipping company Odiel has ended the negotiation process to operate the ferry. The project which was announced with great fanfare by the Solís administration almost two years ago, failed to make any progress due to the need to modify the regulation on multimodal transport service, and now the operator who was interested in providing the Service, Naviera Odiel, has decided to withdraw from the negotiations, because an agreement on tariffs could not be reached. Bureaucracy Paralyzes La Union-Caldera Cargo FerryThursday, September 1, 2016 The mania for regulatory bureaucracy which feeds its own existence is taking away flexibility in the use of resources in the economy, slowing development. EDITORIAL Ferry Starts Between La Union and CalderaFriday, March 18, 2016 On July a ferry could be traveling by sea between the two ports on a 16 hour journey, plus time spent in ports, with a base cost of $800. The long announced ferry between Central American Pacific ports could be ready to start operations, according to a joint statement by Naviera Bajos del Odiel and the Government of Costa Rica. |
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