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Ferry trip from Fajardo to Vieques, Puerto Rico. The Vieques Ferry or Lancha de Vieques, is a ferry system that carries passengers and cargo from Ceiba, Puerto Rico to Vieques, Puerto Rico and vice versa, both complementing and competing with commercial air service available from San Juan, Puerto Rico to the island of Vieques.
The Puerto Rico Maritime Transport Authority —Spanish: Autoridad de Transporte Marítimo (ATM)— is a government-owned corporation of Puerto Rico charged with providing maritime transportation services for cargo and passengers within Puerto Rico, including the island municipalities of Vieques and Culebra. [1]
Puerto Rico has a total of 30 airports (3 of which are international), including one in each of the smaller islands of Vieques and Culebra.The largest airport in terms of passenger traffic is Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, and consists of two runways and three concourses.
Banco Mercantil (fell in 2003) Republic Bank (local operations bought by Banco BHD in 2007) Banco Altas Cumbres (local operations bought by Scotiabank in 2008) Banco Peravia; Asociación Peravia (disestablished in 2014)
Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport (IATA: VQS, ICAO: TJVQ, FAA LID: VQS) is a public airport on the island of Vieques in Puerto Rico.Because a large amount of Vieques's yearly revenue comes from the tourism industry, this airport plays an important part in the Vieques economy.
Vieques is a municipio of Puerto Rico, translated as "municipality" and in this context roughly equivalent to "township". All municipalities in Puerto Rico are administered by a mayor, elected every four years. The current mayor of Vieques is José "Junito" Corcino Acevedo, of the New Progressive Party (PNP).
The BPPR in the logo stands for Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, where the bank has its major historical footprint. Popular, Inc. is the parent company of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, Popular Bank, E-Loan, and several other companies. The headquarters of Banco Popular Puerto Rico is in Hato Rey, San Juan.
The Spanish Virgin Islands (Spanish: Islas Vírgenes Españolas), [1] [2] formerly called the Passage Islands (Spanish: Islas del Pasaje), commonly known as the Puerto Rican Virgin Islands (Spanish: Islas Vírgenes Puertorriqueñas), consist of the islands of Vieques and Culebra, located between the main island of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in the northeastern Caribbean. [3]