Conferry (Consolidada de Ferrys C.A.) is a Venezuelan shipping company operating passenger and freight services to the islands of Margarita and Coche, and serves the ports of Puerto la Cruz, Punta de Piedras, Guanta, La Guaira, Coche Island, and the international port of Guamache. The main office of Conferry is in Plaza Venezuela in central Caracas. In 2011, Conferry was expropriated by Hugo Chavez and rebranded as Nuevo Conferry.
Routes Conferry operate routes across the Caribbean Sea. Punta de Piedras - Puerto la Cruz Punta de Piedras - Guanta Punta de Piedras - Coche Island Punta de Piedras - La Guaira
Fleet Conferry operated a fleet of nine ships, consisting of six high speed ferries and four ROPAX ferries/freight ships. All but 1 of these ships have either sunk, been scrapped, or are otherwise unknown. The current fleet is unknown. Name Built Entered service Tonnage Note References Virgen de Coromoto 2004 2014 6,242 GRT Currently laid up in Puerto Cabello. Reported as of May 2025. The Ferry Site about HSC Virgen de Coromoto San Francisco de Asís 2001 2014 5,889 GRT Ex Baleària, Last reported laid up in Guanta, moved to an unknown position in 2018. Status unknown. The Ferry Site about HSC San Francisco de Asís Virgen del Valle II 2001 2013 8,397 GRT Currently in service, performing 3 returns weekly between Guanta and Punta de Piedras The Ferry Site about HSC Virgen del Valle II Tallink AutoExpress 2 1997 2009 5,419 GRT Sank at Guanta The Ferry Site about HSC Tallink AutoExpress 2 Rosa Eugenia 1978 2008 6,507 GRT Sank in Puerto La Cruz The Ferry Site about MV Rosa Eugenia Maria Rosario 1978 2006 2,736 GRT Abandoned and sank in Puerto La Cruz alongside Concepcion Mariño The Ferry Site about MS Maria Rosario Lilia Concepcion 1999 2002 5,992 GRT Disappeared from AIS, 2022. Scrapped in 2023. The Ferry Site about HSC Lilia Concepcion Carmen Ernestina 1999 1999 5,992 GRT Sank in Puerto la Cruz The Ferry Site about HSC Carmen Ernestina Cacica Isabel 1979 1979 2,640 GRT Abandoned in Puerto La Cruz, towed to Puerto Cabello and sank The Ferry Site about MS Cacica Isabel Concepcion Mariño 1978 1978 2,635 GRT Abandoned and sank in Puerto La Cruz alongside Maria Rosario The Ferry Site about MS Concepcion Mariño
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