Spain's Balearia Gets US License to Run Cuba-Florida Ferry

Spanish ferry company Balearia said on Friday it has been granted U.S. licences to operate a passenger service between Cuba and the United States, though it is waiting on final clearance from Cuban authorities. "With the two [U.S.] licences, we are closer than ever to be able to be the first to join Cuba with the United States by sea," Balearia Chairman Adolfo Utor said in a statement. No such services have run since the United States imposed a trade embargo on Cuba in...

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