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The Vieques Ferry or Lancha de Vieques, is a ferry system that carries passengers and cargo from
The Vieques Ferry or Lancha de Vieques, is a ferry system that carries passengers and cargo from Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Fajardo (, ) is a town and municipality -Fajardo Combined Statistical Area.
Fajardo is the hub of much of the recreational boating in Puerto Rico and a popular launching port to Culebra, Vieques, and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands. It is ...
to Vieques, Puerto Rico
Vieques (; ), officially Isla de Vieques, is an island and municipality of Puerto Rico, in the northeastern Caribbean, part of an island grouping sometimes known as the Spanish Virgin Islands. Vieques is part of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, ...
and vice versa, both complementing and competing with commercial air service available from San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan (, , ; Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the 57th-largest city under the jur ...
to the island of Vieques.
A typical ticket from Fajardo to Vieques (or from Vieques to Fajardo) costs US$2 one-way and US$4 round-trip.
The Vieques Ferry system runs services from and to Fajardo each day of the week for passengers, and from Mondays to Fridays for cargo-only travel.
There is a similar ferry service from Fajardo to Culebra, an island located slightly northwest of Vieques. That service is named Culebra Ferry
The Culebra Ferry, or Lancha de Culebra, also referred to by locals simply as La Lancha, is a ferry service that links the cities of Culebra and Fajardo, Puerto Rico. It is used by Culebra locals and tourists, both for work and vacation-related t ...
, or ''Lancha de Culebra''.
History
On January 1, 2000, the Puerto Rican Government passed ownership of all legal passenger ship services to the Puerto Rican Maritime Transport Authority. This was made mostly to enhance service between Culebra, Fajardo and Vieques. On October 16, 2013,Ceiba
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mayor Angelo Cruz Ramos requested that the Fajardo-Vieques ferry service go from Ceiba to Vieques instead, alleging that it would only take 25 minutes to get from Ceiba to Vieques and vice versa by boat, cutting the travel time between Vieques and mainland Puerto Rico by more than one hour.
On November 8, 2013, the American Civil Liberties Union
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1920 "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States". T ...
made allegations that diabetic people were not being allowed to eat inside the ferries during the trips between Fajardo and Vieques.
On January 16, 2014, an incident occurred when a group of ten passengers interrupted a trip from Fajardo to Vieques because they thought the boat named ''Cayo Largo'', was leaving for Culebra instead of Vieques. Police intervened and the boat was able to leave 2 hours later.
See also
* Catano Ferry *Culebra Ferry
The Culebra Ferry, or Lancha de Culebra, also referred to by locals simply as La Lancha, is a ferry service that links the cities of Culebra and Fajardo, Puerto Rico. It is used by Culebra locals and tourists, both for work and vacation-related t ...
References
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