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Navimag (Naviera Magallanes S.A.) is a ferry operator in Chile. The company operates two routes carrying passengers and vehicles:
*Puerto Montt to Puerto Natales, calling at Puerto Eden (a 4-day journey)
*Puerto Montt to Puerto Chacabuco
The company also operates services from Puerto Montt and Puerto Chacabuco to Laguna San Rafael.
The company was formed in 1979, when cargo services between Puerto Montt and Punta Arenas, Chile, Punta Arenas were started. Passenger services to Puerto Natales and Laguna San Rafael were added in 1985.
In 2000 the ''Magallanes'' joined the fleet second hand. Built in 1977/78 in Japan, she was renamed ''Evangelistas'' in 2007. During her two-decades long career with Navimag she spent most of her time on the route to Puerto Natales. After her replacement 2020 by the ''Esperanza'' she was scrapped in India.
The ''Puerto Edén'' was used principally to Chacabuco.
In late 2009 ''Amadeo 1'' joined the fleet and early 2014 Navimag began operating the ''Edén'' along ''Amadeo 1'' as operational Ro-ro ferries to Puerto Natales.
On August 18, 2014 en route to Puerto Natales, Navimag ferry ''Amadeo 1'', struck a rock in the Kirke Channel near Puerto Natales. The collision caused a starboard breach of the hull and the ship took on water. ''Amadeo 1'' capsized in the shallow water, with most of the ship lying above the water line.
During the following year, Navimag determined that the ship was not salvageable. With the assistance of the Armada de Chile, the ''Amadeo 1'' was scuttled in 2,700-meter-deep waters off Diego de Almagro Island, Chile on September 21, 2015.
In 2016, Navimag purchased the ''Trinidad I'' to join ''Evangelistas'' on the Puerto Montt route while ''Edén'' took over the service to Chacabuco.
In 2020, the Chinese-built ''Esperanza'' entered service, replacing ''Evangelistas''. This new passenger-freight ferry will carry up 244 passengers along with vehicles at a maximum speed of 13 knots.
File:Ferry eden.jpg, Ferry ''Eden'' in Puerto Montt
File:2007-12-23-MV-Puerto-Eden-Canal-Moraleda.JPG, ''MV Puerto Edén'' in the Moraleda Canal
File:2019-03-12 NAVIMAG ferry, EVANGELISTAS - IMO 7627962.jpg, ''MV Evangelistas'' heading into the Kirke Narrows near Puerto Natales
File:2019-03-14 NAVIMAG ferry, TRINIDAD I - IMO 8917871.jpg, ''MV Trinidad 1'', entering English Narrows, north of Puerto Edén
File:Amadeo I (Navimag).jpg, ''MV Amadeo I'', at the dock in Puerto Natales
File:M-N Coyhaique.jpg, ''MV Coyhaique'' in Puerto Natales
File:MN Dalka.jpg, ''MV Dalka'' in Puerto Montt
File:Ferry esperanza.jpg, ''M/V Esperanza'' in Puerto Montt
Navimag's route from Puerto Montt to Puerto Natales through the Chilean fjords in Google Earth
Ferry companies of Chile Transport in Los Lagos Region 1979 establishments in Chile Transport in Magallanes Region
Navimag (Naviera Magallanes S.A.) is a ferry operator in Chile. The company operates two routes carrying passengers and vehicles:
*Puerto Montt to Puerto Natales, calling at Puerto Eden (a 4-day journey)
*Puerto Montt to Puerto Chacabuco
The company also operates services from Puerto Montt and Puerto Chacabuco to Laguna San Rafael.
The company was formed in 1979, when cargo services between Puerto Montt and Punta Arenas, Chile, Punta Arenas were started. Passenger services to Puerto Natales and Laguna San Rafael were added in 1985.
In 2000 the ''Magallanes'' joined the fleet second hand. Built in 1977/78 in Japan, she was renamed ''Evangelistas'' in 2007. During her two-decades long career with Navimag she spent most of her time on the route to Puerto Natales. After her replacement 2020 by the ''Esperanza'' she was scrapped in India.
The ''Puerto Edén'' was used principally to Chacabuco.
In late 2009 ''Amadeo 1'' joined the fleet and early 2014 Navimag began operating the ''Edén'' along ''Amadeo 1'' as operational Ro-ro ferries to Puerto Natales.
On August 18, 2014 en route to Puerto Natales, Navimag ferry ''Amadeo 1'', struck a rock in the Kirke Channel near Puerto Natales. The collision caused a starboard breach of the hull and the ship took on water. ''Amadeo 1'' capsized in the shallow water, with most of the ship lying above the water line.
During the following year, Navimag determined that the ship was not salvageable. With the assistance of the Armada de Chile, the ''Amadeo 1'' was scuttled in 2,700-meter-deep waters off Diego de Almagro Island, Chile on September 21, 2015.
In 2016, Navimag purchased the ''Trinidad I'' to join ''Evangelistas'' on the Puerto Montt route while ''Edén'' took over the service to Chacabuco.
In 2020, the Chinese-built ''Esperanza'' entered service, replacing ''Evangelistas''. This new passenger-freight ferry will carry up 244 passengers along with vehicles at a maximum speed of 13 knots.
Navimag Ferries
References
External links
{{official website, url=https://www.navimag.com/explora-la-patagonia-en-ferry-navimagNavimag's route from Puerto Montt to Puerto Natales through the Chilean fjords in Google Earth
Ferry companies of Chile Transport in Los Lagos Region 1979 establishments in Chile Transport in Magallanes Region