Conferry

Conferry (Consolidada de Ferrys C.A.) 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.

Consolidada de Ferrys C.A.

Conferry office in Margarita
Founded	1970
Headquarters	Caracas , Venezuela
Area served	Caribbean Sea
Services	Passenger transportation Freight transportation
Website	lanuevaconferry.mppt.gob.ve

Routes

Conferry operate routes across the Caribbean Sea.

• Punta de Piedras - Puerto la Cruz
• Punta de Piedras - Guanta
• Punta de Piedras - Coche Island
• Punta de Piedras - La Guaira

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.^[1]

Name	Built	Entered service	Tonnage	Note	References
HSC Virgen de Coromoto	2004	2014	6,242 GRT	Currently laid up in Puerto Cabello. Reported as of May 2025.	[2]
HSC San Francisco de Asís	2001	2014	5,889 GRT	Ex Baleària, Last reported laid up in Guanta, moved to a unknown position in 2018. Status unknown.	[3]
HSC Virgen del Valle II	2001	2013	8,397 GRT	Currently in service, performing 3 returns weekly between Guanta and Punta de Piedras	[4][5]
HSC Tallink AutoExpress 2	1997	2009	5,419 GRT	Sank at Guanta	[6]
MS Rosa Eugenia	1978	2008	6,507 GRT	Sank in Puerto La Cruz	[7]
MS Maria Rosario	1978	2006	2,736 GRT	Abandoned and sank in Puerto La Cruz alongside Concepcion Mariño	[8]
HSC Lilia Concepcion	1999	2002	5,992 GRT	Disappeared from AIS, 2022. Scrapped in 2023.	[9]
HSC Carmen Ernestina	1999	1999	5,992 GRT	Sank in Puerto la Cruz	[10]
MS Cacica Isabel	1979	1979	2,640 GRT	Abandoned in Puerto La Cruz, towed to Puerto Cabello and sank	[11]
MS Concepcion Mariño	1978	1978	2,635 GRT	Abandoned and sank in Puerto La Cruz alongside Maria Rosario	[12]