Baleària plans to open a new ferry route between San Pedro de Macorís (Dominican Republic) and Mayagüez (Puerto Rico) scheduled for after the summer of 2024. The shipping company plans to connect the 133 miles that separate both ports with a daily ferry service. ferry. In addition, it will build a terminal in the port of San Pedro de Macorís and adapt the one in Mayagüez to standardize services to European quality standards.
The maritime company will link these two islands in the Antilles in a seven-hour journey with an eco-efficient ship that could become the first ferry powered by natural gas in the Caribbean. Baleària will apply its combined transport model for passengers, vehicles and goods to establish daily and reliable communication between the two territories. Customer service and the quality of onboard services will be a priority, and daily connections will allow ro-ro cargo transport to guarantee express deliveries in less than 24 hours, where reliability and punctuality represent the main competitive advantages. The digitalization of services and AI will contribute to the achievement of maximum excellence in transport services.
On the other hand, Baleària plans to invest 100 million dollars in the launch of this new maritime line, which includes the construction of port facilities of more than 100,000m2. In the port of San Pedro de Macorís, in the Dominican Republic, a multifunctional passenger terminal will be built, and in the port of Mayagüez, in Puerto Rico, it is planned to adapt existing facilities. Both facilities will have a walkway and finger as well as a heel to facilitate the loading and unloading of vehicles.
The Baleària shipping company has operated in the Caribbean since 2011, where it currently connects the North American port of Fort Lauderdale with the Bahamian islands of Grand Bahama and Bimini. Thus, with this new service, Baleària will add its third line in the Caribbean and its sixth international route.
“The experience and performance of these more than ten years are the guarantee of our commitment to expansion into emerging markets such as the Caribbean, where we believe that our business model can be a key driver for the socioeconomic development of these territories,” he said. explained the president of Baleària, Adolfo Utor, in an event held this Monday in the Dominican port, in which the president of the Dominican Republic, Luís Rodolfo Abinader, participated, as well as 500 local representatives and port authorities from the countries that will unite the new route. “Our purpose is to facilitate the mobility of passengers and goods between the Antilles, with the aim of promoting tourism, trade and the exchange of cultures and knowledge,” Utor stressed.
