Ferry Gilberto Mariano out of service until the end of the year
Azores GuideThe 10:45 Horta to Madalena crossing will run without vehicle space from Monday to Saturday while the Atlânticoline ferry is in a Spanish shipyard.
The Atlânticoline ferry Gilberto Mariano, which links Faial, Pico and São Jorge, left the Azores for Vigo in Spain and will be out of service until the end of the year. It will stay at Astilleros Armon, the yard that built it, for the mandatory renewal of its statutory certification and of its safety and life-saving equipment.
Atlânticoline, the public company that runs passenger ferries in the Azores, said all scheduled crossings will run according to the current timetables, which had already been adjusted. The company's second ferry, Mestre Jaime Feijó, will run most of them and will keep carrying vehicles.
The exception is the 10:45 Horta-Madalena-Horta crossing. From Monday to Saturday it will run with the Cruzeiro do Canal or the Cruzeiro das Ilhas, two older Atlânticoline ships that cannot carry vehicles.
The company expects the work on the Gilberto Mariano to be finished by the end of 2026. When the ship returns to Horta, the Mestre Jaime Feijó will go into dry dock. RTP Açores reports that this will happen at the start of 2027.
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