Navimag

Navimag (Naviera Magallanes S.A.) is a ferry operator in Chile. The company operates two routes carrying passengers and vehicles:

Navimag ferry, MV Evangelistas, in Puerto Montt, Chile

The company also operates services from Puerto Montt and Puerto Chacabuco to Laguna San Rafael.

The company was formed in 1979, when cargo services between Puerto Montt and Punta Arenas were started. Passenger services to Puerto Natales and Laguna San Rafael were added in 1985. [1]

On August 18, 2014 en route to Puerto Montt, Navimag ferry Amadeo 1, struck a rock in the Kirke Channel near Puerto Natales. The collision caused a starboard breach of the hull and the ship took on water. Amadeo 1 capsized in the shallow water, with most of the ship lying above the water line. [2]

During the following year, Navimag determined that the ship was not salvageable. With the assistance of the Armada de Chile, the Amadeo 1 was scuttled in 2,700-meter-deep waters off Diego de Almagro Island, Chile on September 21, 2015. [3]

In 2016, Navimag purchased the Trinidad I to join the Evangilistas and Edén as operational Ro-ro ferries on their Patagonia Fjord routes.[4]

In 2020, Navimag plans to enter the Esperanza into service. This new passenger-freight ferry will carry up 244 passengers along with vehicles at a maximum speed of 13 knots.[5]

  • M/V esperanza in Puerto montt 2020
    Ferry eden in Puerto montt
  • MV Puerto Edén in the Moraleda Canal
  • MV Evangelistas heading into the Kirke Narrows near Puerto Natales
  • MV Trinidad 1, entering English Narrows, north of Puerto Edén
  • MV Amadeo I, at the dock in Puerto Natales
  • MV Coyhaique in Puerto Natales
  • MV Dalka in Puerto Montt

References
  1. "Booking ferries in Patagonia". Navimag. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
  2. MercoPress News Staff (2014), Chilean ferry strikes rocks and is half sunk in the Puerto Natales/Puerto Montt link, MercoPress South Atlantic News Agency (published 2014-08-19), retrieved 2019-07-19
  3. World Maritime News Staff (2015), Breached Ferry Scuttled Off Chile, World Maritime News (published 2015-09-22), retrieved 2019-07-19
  4. Bno (2018-04-18). "Trinidad 1 - Ships Nostalgia Gallery". Ships Nostalgia Gallery. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
  5. "New Ferry 2020". Coming in 2020!. Navimag Ferries SA. Retrieved 2019-07-20.

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