Crucero Express

The Crucero Express was the only company to provide ferry service between Panama and Colombia,[1] enjoining the two unconnected segments of the Pan-American Highway (which is broken between North and South America by the impassable 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.[2][3][4]

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.[5] The ship could transport 125 vehicles[6] and with 100 trailers, along with some 600 passengers divided into 240 cabins.[7] For their entertainment during the twenty-hour voyage, the ship also housed jacuzzis, swimming pools, bars, casinos, conference rooms, and ballrooms, making it a cruiseferry. Roundtrip tickets ranged from $200 to 400 per couple.[8]

References
  1. Anonymous (1999-10-19). "Pago a Crucero Express navega en mar picado". Panamá América (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20070312004115/http://www.roadkill.com/~davet/wt/brad_martin.html
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  4. "Travel Warning & Consular Information Sheet". 1Up Travel.
  5. "Statue Of Liberty Cruise from Midtown NYC | Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises". www.circleline.com. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  6. 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. S2CID 21505232.
  7. "ChipGuide - The Online Information Source For Casino Chip Collectors". chipguide.themogh.org. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  8. "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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