Florida's Port Everglades courts Spanish ferry to Bahamas, later to Cuba? – by Doreen Hemlock

Florida's Broward County’s Port Everglades is courting a Spanish company to operate fast-ferry service to and from the Bahamas.

The Balearia company’s Bahamas Express ship, which can carry up to 463 passengers and up to 80 vehicles, docked at the Fort Lauderdale area seaport Thursday on a test run, port officials confirmed.
The ship had been slated to start operations this summer between the Port of Miami and the island of Bimini in the Bahamas. But plans have been delayed, partly because the Bimini seaport needs to be dredged and its pier improved to handle the fast-ferry, said Balearia executive Victor Terricabras.

Port Everglades has been courting ferry companies from Europe and South America for months to consider service with Cuba, once U.S. regulations allow ferry service to the communist-led island.

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