The busy sea crossing between Playa Blanca and Corralejo has a new boat working it. Líneas Romero put its latest ferry, the Juan Jorge R., into service on 31 July 2026, replacing an older vessel on the short hop between Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.
The company describes the new boat as part of a steady modernisation of its fleet, aimed at cleaner, more efficient vessels. The Juan Jorge R. is 31 metres long with a beam of 10.5 metres, seats up to 360 passengers, and is built with a glass-reinforced plastic hull that keeps its weight down. Two 1,400 horsepower engines push it along at up to 20 knots.
That crossing is the quickest way between the two islands, at roughly half an hour, and it is well used both by locals popping across and by holidaymakers going over to Fuerteventura for the day. Líneas Romero shares the route with one other operator.
The firm is comfortably the biggest boat operator on the island, and its roots run deep. It started out running the little ferry from Órzola across to La Graciosa, and it still does, carrying passengers over to Caleta de Sebo on the car-free eighth island in around 25 minutes, with WiFi aboard and free parking back at the Órzola harbour. For anyone wanting to reach La Graciosa, that ferry remains the only way on.
Beyond the scheduled crossings, Líneas Romero runs a long list of excursions. The best known is I Love Papagayo, a catamaran day out from Puerto del Carmen to the Papagayo beaches with lunch, an open bar and kayaking thrown in, and its sister trip I Love La Graciosa, a full day among the marine reserve with a stop at the beach at Playa Francesa. There is a sunset sailing, the Volcano Express, and day trips across to Fuerteventura, and the company also runs the little water taxi that shuttles along the coast between Puerto del Carmen and Puerto Calero.
Add it all up and most people who set foot on a boat in Lanzarote end up travelling with Líneas Romero at one point or another, whether they realise it or not, which is why quietly swapping an old ferry for a new one like the Juan Jorge R. matters more to the island than it might first appear.
