Baja Ferries
And Other Mexican Ferry Companies
 
This page is devoted to photographs of Baja Ferries, and other Mexican companies operating across the Gulf of California, apart from Sematur, which has its own page.
 
Baja Ferries who took over the Santa Rosalía-Guaymas route in Mexico from Sematur. Following the privatisation of Sematur in 1989, their routes contracted and the company went through a period of difficulty. Sematur now run the La Paz-Mazatlan route only. Baja Ferries started up on the Santa Rosalía-Guaymas initially using ro-ro ferries, but in 2003 thay acquired the Stena Forwarder which had been operating between Holyhead and Dublin. She was renamed California Star. She was joined in 2004 by the Sinaloa Star, previously the Coromuel of Sematur.
 
 
Ships on this Page:-
California Star - Baja Ferries: 2003-
Cortez - Stetson Navigation
RoRo Star - Baja Ferries
RoRo Topaz - Baja Ferries
San Guillermo - Transportacion Maritima de California: 2005-
Sinaloa Star - Baja Ferries: 2004-
 
Companies on this Page:-
Baja Ferries
Stetson Navigation
Transportacion Maritima de California
 
Associated Pages:-
Sematur
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Baja Ferries
 
RoRo Star
RoRo Topaz
 
Baja Ferries ro-ro ship at La Paz.
Photo: Fred T.Metcalf.
 
 
 
 
 
California Star
(2003- )
 
Advance image of California Star from the Baja Ferries website, showing Stena Forwarder.
 
Image of California Star at La Paz, from the Baja Ferries website.
 
Photograph of California Star.
Photo: © Alfredo Hernandez.
 
Photograph of California Star at La Paz.
Photo: © Alfredo Hernandez.
 
Photograph of California Star at La Paz.
Photo: © Alfredo Hernandez.
 
Photograph of California Star at La Paz.
Photo: © Alfredo Hernandez.
 
Aerial view of Pichilingue, the port of La Paz.
Ships are (left to right foreground) California Star, Sinaloa Star and San Guillermo.
Photo: © Alfredo Hernandez, 7th October 2005.
 
Enlarged aerial view of Pichilingue, the port of La Paz.
 
 
 
 
 
Sinaloa Star
(2004- )
 
Sinaloa Star was built in 1973 as Coromuel by Jos L Meyer Papenburg, Ems. She was owned by Caminos y Puentes Federales de Ingresos y Servicios Conexos, (Transbordadores), and entered service between La Paz to Mazatlan. In 1989 she was registered to Grupo Sematur de California S.A, Mexico. Coromuel was sold to Baja Ferries in 2004 and was renamed Sinaloa Star.
 
Complete history of Sinaloa Star
 
 
Cortez postcard serial LP-10 of Coromuel at La Paz.
Photo: A.Blanco.
 
 
 
Photograph of Sinaloa Star at La Paz.
Photo: © Alfredo Hernandez.
 
Photograph of Sinaloa Star at La Paz.
Photo: © Alfredo Hernandez.
 
Photograph of Sinaloa Star at La Paz.
Photo: © Alfredo Hernandez.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transportacion Maritima de California
 
San Guillermo
 
San Guillermo is operated by the Transportacion Maritima de California between La Paz and Mazatlan, along with the Santa Rita. San Guillermo was built as the Wuppertal of J.A. Reinecke & Co, Lübeck, in 1977. She was used on charters for North Sea Ferries, Schiaffino, Brittany Ferries, Norfolk Line, DFDS etc. Between 1996-1998 she ran with Hoverspeed Falcon Seafreight between Folkestone and Boulogne as Picasso.
 
 
Photograph of San Guillermo at La Paz.
Photo: © Alfredo Hernandez.
 
Photograph of San Guillermo at La Paz.
Photo: © Alfredo Hernandez.
 
 
 
 
 
Stetson Navigation
In 2002, the fast ferry Condor 9 of Condor Ferries was sold to Stetson Navigation as the Cortez, and used between La Paz and Topolobampo across the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) in Mexico. The service started in May 2002, and operated for about a year, until halted by engine problems.
 
 
Cortez
 
Condor 9 was built for Condor Ferries in Fareham by Aluminium Shipbuilders. She entered service with Condor in August 1990 on Weymouth-Jersey-Guernsey services. She continued on this service until 1993 when she was replaced by the car-carrying Condor 10. During the summer of 1994, Condor 9 was chartered to Viking Line for Helsinki-Tallinn services as Viking Express, followed by a winter charter in the Caribbean. In 1995, she ran some trips from Torquay, whilst in 1997, Poole was used as the UK mainland port. In 2002, Condor 9 was sold to Stetson Navigation as the Cortez, and used between La Paz and Topolobampo across the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) in Mexico. The service started in May 2002, and operated for about a year, until halted by engine problems. In 2004, Cortez was sold to Wronowski in the USA, as Jessica W.
 
 
Photograph of Cortez (ex-Condor 9) on La Paz-Topolobampo service.
Photo: © Fred T.Metcalf, La Paz.
 
Photograph of Cortez (ex-Condor 9) on La Paz-Topolobampo service.
Photo: © Fred T.Metcalf, La Paz.
 
Photograph of Cortez (ex-Condor 9) on La Paz-Topolobampo service.
Photo: © Fred T.Metcalf, La Paz.
 
 
 
 
 
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