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Article: Snapshot of the Cuban merchant marine.(Brief Article)
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- Cuba News
- Article date:
- September 1, 2000
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Cuba's merchant marine has 80 vessels with a total tonnage of 1.053 million tons deadweight. The government hopes to boost tonnage to 1.5 million tons. The fleet is divided into a number of autonomous companies under the supervision of the Asociacion de Navieras de Cuba Antares:
Coral Container Lines - The company operates 10 ships, five of which are long-haul container vessels ranging in tonnage of up at about 15,000 tons d/w with a capacity of between 400 and 800 TEUS. Another five are multipurpose vessels of up to 14,900 tons for general cargoes and containers.
Poseidon - This company operates vessels of between 15,000 and 24,000 tons d/w, and has ...