Conferry


Conferry 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.

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.
NameBuiltEntered serviceTonnageNoteReferences
HSC Virgen de Coromoto200420146,242 GRTCurrently laid up in Puerto Cabello. Reported as of May 2025.
HSC San Francisco de Asís200120145,889 GRTEx Baleària, Last reported laid up in Guanta, moved to an unknown position in 2018. Status unknown.
HSC Virgen del Valle II200120138,397 GRTCurrently in service, performing 3 returns weekly between Guanta and Punta de Piedras
HSC Tallink AutoExpress 2199720095,419 GRTSank at Guanta
MS Rosa Eugenia197820086,507 GRTSank in Puerto La Cruz
MS Maria Rosario197820062,736 GRTAbandoned and sank in Puerto La Cruz alongside Concepcion Mariño
HSC Lilia Concepcion199920025,992 GRTDisappeared from AIS, 2022. Scrapped in 2023.
HSC Carmen Ernestina199919995,992 GRTSank in Puerto la Cruz
MS Cacica Isabel197919792,640 GRTAbandoned in Puerto La Cruz, towed to Puerto Cabello and sank
MS Concepcion Mariño197819782,635 GRTAbandoned and sank in Puerto La Cruz alongside Maria Rosario