8 cruise ships canceled
COZUMEL, October 5 .- Except for the closure of the port to vessels less than 40 feet in length, some schedule changes on the federal route, as well as the cancellation of eight cruises that were scheduled to arrive between Friday and Saturday at port of Cozumel; all maritime, air and other services, will continue their operations in a regular manner despite the possible effects that will be felt during this day by tropical storm "Nate." Health authorities will maintain guards at medical institutions. This Friday will activate two shelters. Authorities of Sedena and Semar announced that they have monitoring personnel. CAPA and CFE brigades arrived on the island.
Until last Thursday night, the weather conditions on Cozumel Island were clear throughout the day, even with temperatures between 28 and 30 degrees Celsius. Unlike on other occasions, during Thursday was observed the staff of the Urban Services Department performing the work of cleaning and desazolve several logs.
According to information, on Thursday morning, nautical services were carried out on a regular basis, and until 18:00 hours when the activities were suspended for all boats less than 40 feet in length. At least so informed Angel Suárez Ceballos, owner of the Port Captaincy. In the case of Marina Banco Playa, more than 150 boats were housed until Thursday night, while in the Fonatur Cozumel marina, the lodge was counted more than 200 boats that had already been sheltered. In the dry marina of Meridiano 87, the refuge was also sought for more than a dozen boats that had to be removed from the sea for their safety.
In the case of the Integral Port Administration of Quintana Roo (Apiqroo) in Cozumel, the owner in Cozumel, Emilio Villanueva Sosa, reported that due to the presence of the storm "Nate" on the coast of Quintana Roo, the various shipping companies notified your cancellation of arrival for this Friday and Saturday. So that the cruise liners, Oasis Of The Seas, Liberty Of The Seas, Carnival Dream, Carnival Splendor, MSC Opera and Carnival Breeze, which were scheduled to arrive this Friday, canceled their trips to the port of Cozumel, arrivals of the Carnival Triumph and Carnival Sensation, scheduled for Saturday, awaiting their rescheduling for the following week.
In the case of the services of the federal route between Cozumel and Playa del Carmen, the shipping company Barcos Caribe canceled its last route on Thursday night, anticipating that this Friday could be resumed on a scheduled basis, which will be announced in the during the course of the day, while the other two shipping companies had concluded their routes on a regular basis, with some modifications foreseen for Friday. It was also reported the high probability that the route of the heavy freight ferry will be canceled on Friday from 4:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. with departure from Cozumel to Calica, as well as the route of 18:00 hours that is from Calica to Cozumel, provided that on Saturday these services can be resumed.
Jhony Aguilar, Area Superintendent of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) in Cozumel, reported that in addition to the preventive measures that have already been published on this newspaper, such as cutting bushes and others, will be counted in the island with human material and own resources for the work of the electricians, in order to be able to give the attention if necessary with the support brigades.
In the same sense, Javier Aguirre Cruz, manager of the Water and Sewerage Commission (CAPA) in the town, said that this Friday will have on the island of Cozumel the unit type Vactor, as well as 10 HP engines, which are would be activating immediately in the catchment areas, he said.
The management of the Cozumel Hotel Association (AHC), represented by Isela Valenzuela Jiménez, announced that until the closing of this edition, there had been no changes in the number of hotel occupancy, since the activity remained of normal way, maintaining until 35.88 percent among the 22 hotels that count three thousand 500 rooms. He said that of these accommodation centers, four operate as self-refuge, but until Friday it had not been necessary to activate any of these, despite the fact that the tourist protocols have been complied with informing guests of the alerts and possible they would have for the night of this Friday and Saturday during the morning.
Another of the sectors that normally maintains its services, is the terminal of the International Airport of Cozumel (AIC), since Juan Pablo García Luna Gutiérrez assured that after the meeting with the interim committee, they had made their routes to the facilities for safeguarding certain areas, while in the case of the national and international connections service, no frequency has been reported.
While in the case of representatives of different medical institutions, it was let know that they will keep guards working in a regular way for the care of patients who require it.
