Crucero Express
The Crucero Express was the only company to provide ferry service between Panama and Colombia, enjoining the two unconnected segments of the Pan-American Highway (which is broken between North and South America by the impassible Darién Gap). In 1994 the Linea Crucero Express began charting a thrice-weekly course between Colón and Cartagena, but despite its initial popularity rising overhead costs and falling demand forced the company to cease operations in early 1997.[1][2][3]
The company utilized a single vessel of approximately ten-thousand tons displacement. It had been constructed in the French shipyard Dubigeín in 1972 and retrofitted in Norway just prior to operations, rechristened with the name Crucera Express.[citation needed] The ship could transport 125 vehicles[4] and with 100 trailers, along with some 600 passengers divided into 240 cabins. For their entertainment during the twenty-hour voyage, the ship also housed jacuzzis, swimming pools, bars, casinos, conference rooms, and ballrooms, making it something of a cross between a cruise ship and a traditional ferry. Roundtrip tickets ranged from $200 to 400 per couple.[5]
References
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- ^ http://www.1uptravel.com/travelwarnings/panama.html
- ^ White, WR; White WR; Crom RL; Walker KD (1996-07-23). "Assessment of the risk of introducing foot-and-mouth disease into Panama via a ferry operating between Cartagena, Colombia and Colon, Panama". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 791: 303–13. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb53537.x. PMID 8784511.
- ^ "Zarpa El Sueño Del Libertador". eltiempo.com (in Spanish). 1994-12-01. Archived from the original on 2010-03-13. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
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