Adolfo Uter, the head of Spanish shipping company Balería, reaffirmed this weekend that his company is working hard to soon open a ferry connecting Havana, Cuba, and the southern cities of Miami under his signature. Florida, USA. This is an old desire of this Valencian company, which has been “cooking” for many years.
Many reports From Spain, Utor reiterated its interest in expanding operations in its subsidiary Caribbean, Balearic Caribbean and connecting Puerto Rico with the Dominican Republic, as well as completing a ferry route between Miami and Havana. .
The businessman highlighted the possibility of connecting Havana, the capital of Cuba, with Miami (Florida, United States) by ferry. It will be a historical event rather than a special bond between the two cities and clear ideological divides.
Note that Balearic has been operating in the Caribbean since 2011, offering ferry service between Fort Lauderdale (Florida, United States) and Freeport (Grand Bahama, Bahamas).
This is not the first time there has been talk of a Havana-Miami ferry
The president of Balearic hopes that with the era of former President Donald Trump, his expansion plan in the Caribbean will allow him to achieve a goal that he had to postpone due to the political situation in the United States. They want to make this ferry link a historical and commercial achievement.
The businessman explained that “hurricanes and pandemics” prevented the first attempt to make that connection, but he assured that the current evolution of the company allows it to resume that and other future development projects in the Caribbean.
“Before Trump’s presidency, we had the opportunity to launch the route between Miami and Havana, which now, in other circumstances, could be renewed with or without Trump,” the businessman said.
This is not the first time there has been talk of a possible ferry route between Havana and Miami, which existed until 1959 when Fidel Castro’s government intervened.
