Havana/There will finally be a little rest for the Ferry perseveranceoverexploited in recent months, which covers the Batabanó-Nueva Circuit Gerona-Cayo Largo del Sur. This Saturday he arrived in the country to take his place El Catamarán V2V Employerswith Belize and Yucatan’s flag, although no details were given about the type of contract signed with the Mexican company owner of the ship, Naviyuc, which already has a presence in Cuba and has participated in numerous maritime projects of the PEMEX oil company.
Who was in charge of making the announcement was the Minister of Transportation, Eduardo Rodríguez Dávila, through his social networks. In his message, the official said that the new boat “marks a change in the operation of this vital crossing for the connection between the island of youth and the western region of the country.”
According to Rodríguez Dávila, the commissioning of the V2V Employers It is linked to the “programmed output for maintenance” of the Perseverancethat “you will have to pause a necessary to renew in broad maintenance, giving rise to this replacement that promises to keep alive the vital connection between these island lands.”
According to Rodríguez Dávila, the commissioning of the ‘V2v Empress’ is linked to the “programmed output for maintenance” of ‘perseverance’
The new catamaran, meanwhile, will follow a scheme of daily routes that begin this Monday and that will alternate between Batabanó and Cayo Largo, “including one day a week dedicated to the maintenance of the boat to guarantee safety standards.”
He V2V Employers –What before his arrival in Batabana, he left on September 25 from the port of Yukalpetén (Progreso), in Yucatan, according to the Vessel Tracker platform -, belongs to the Naviyuc company, a firm “of 100% Mexican private capital”, based in Mérida, the capital of Yucatán, which acquired the Ferry to a Canadian company in January 2023.
This company is no stranger to the island. It has maintenance contracts and repairs since 1999 with the Asticultar shipyard, in Havana. In addition, in October 2022, he announced the development in Cuba “of the first multimodal port of loaded load, passengers and cruises in the province of Pinar del Río, in the Gulf of Guanahacabibes, the point closest to Mexico”, by the hand of “The Commercial Company of 100% Cuban Capital, Coral Maritime SA”.
The information was provided during the International Transport and Logistics Fair, held in Havana that year. Without delving into the details, it was also indicated that it would seek to encourage the development of tourism and the creation of a cruise port, which could be inserted into the Cozumel-Mahahual-Cuba triangle. In that event, on the last day, Minister Rodríguez Dávila was present.
This company is no stranger to the island. It has maintenance contracts and repairs since 1999 with the Asticultar shipyard
Although the company has a Internet page and a contact phone in the records of the Ministry of Communications and Transportation of Mexico, it is not possible to contact them to know the agreements with Havana, as its web It doesn’t work and your phone is out of service.
As for the past of V2V EmployersNaviyuc has already granted it to other governments, although it is unknown if this is the type of treatment that closed with Havana or if it is a donation or a purchase. Months after acquiring it, in October 2023, he signed a contract with the administration of the Caribbean Island of Montserrat to provide a service of Ferry of passengers between Montserrat and ancient from November of that year.
The agreement stipulated that the agreement was for five months, until March 31, 2024. He operated five days a week during the period of low demand and six days during the periods of high demand, between December 2023 and March 2024. “The schedule will also include several excursion operations from one day to Antigua and Nevis, with the possibility of traveling from ancient to Nevis or from Nevis to Antigua, with a brief scale in Montserrat,” they added.
As for the past of the ‘V2v Employes’, Naviyuc has already concessioned it to other governments
The contract was signed by Daphne Cassell, permanent secretary of the Office of the Prime Minister of the Government of Montserrat, and the representative of Naviyuc, Roberto Chami Lizárraga. However, the adventure lasted less than expected, then, despite the promised renewal of the contract for another year, the end of the agreement was announced in May last year.
The boat, built in 1995, was designed as a high -end services ship. Its history began in 2017, when a cruise ship was launched Premium In British Columbia, Canada. He connected the city of Vancouver, in the Pacific Ocean, with Victoria, the provincial capital. However, his adventure was not so successful. The company that operated it announced in 2020-before the Covid-19 Pandemia-that would close operations and the catamaran with 242 seats “remained practically abandoned for almost three years”, until the sale to Naviyuc.
