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Itinerários Setembro 2021 TRÁFEGO AÇORES / TRÁFEGO MADEIRA - ITINERÁRIOS OUTUBRO 2021 Navios "Insular" "Monte da Guia" "Corvo" "Margarethe" "Laura S" "Monte Brasil" "Lagoa" "Furnas" "Rebecca S" "Funchalense 5" "Ilha da Madeira" IMO NR. 9150420 9123788 9381275 9375886 9157868 9083055 9150470 9164548 9428205 9388390 9341976 Dia/Semana GSLines Transinsular M. Açoreana Transinsular GSLines Transinsular Transinsular M. Açoreana GSLines GSLines Transinsular VG LTA202138 VG LTA202139 VG LTM202139 VG LTM202139 Sexta-feira 1/out 39 Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada Leixões Lisboa Leixões Lisboa Caniçal Leixões Lisboa Sábado 2/out Ponta Delgada Lisboa Leixões Domingo 3/out 40 VG LTA202140 Ponta Delgada VG LTM202140 Segunda-feira 4/out Lisboa Lisboa Leixões Ponta Delgada Praia da Vitória Ponta Delgada Praia da Vitória Ponta Delgada Lisboa Caniçal Caniçal Terça-feira 5/out F Lisboa Leixões Lisboa Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada Praia da Vitória Ponta Delgada Praia da Vitória Lisboa Caniçal Caniçal Quarta-feira 6/out Lisboa Leixões Lisboa Horta Praia da Vitória Ponta Delgada Vila do Porto Lisboa Quinta-feira 7/out Lisboa Leixões Lisboa Flores Praia da Vitória Praia da Vitória Pico Ponta Delgada VG LTM202140 Sexta-feira 8/out Lisboa Leixões Lisboa Ponta Delgada Velas Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada Caniçal Leixões Lisboa Sábado 9/out Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada Caniçal/Porto Santo Lisboa Leixões Domingo 10/out 41 Ponta Delgada VG LTA202141 VG LTM202141 Segunda-feira 11/out Ponta Delgada Praia da Vitória Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada Lisboa Caniçal Leixões Lisboa Lisboa Caniçal Caniçal Terça-feira 12/out Praia da Vitória Ponta Delgada Praia da Vitória Ponta Delgada Lisboa Leixões Lisboa Lisboa Caniçal Caniçal Quarta-feira 13/out Graciosa Praia da Vitória Horta Ponta Delgada Lisboa Lisboa Leixões Quinta-feira 14/out Velas Praia da Vitória Pico Ponta Delgada Lisboa Lisboa Ponta do Sol Leixões Caniçal VG LTM202141 Sexta-feira 15/out Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada Lisboa Lisboa Leixões Leixões Caniçal Leixões Lisboa Sábado 16/out Ponta Delgada Lisboa Leixões Domingo 17/out 42 VG LTA202142 Ponta Delgada VG LTM202142 Segunda-feira 18/out Leixões Lisboa Lisboa Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada Praia da Vitória Praia da Vitória Lisboa Caniçal Caniçal Terça-feira 19/out Leixões Leixões Lisboa Ponta Delgada Praia da Vitória Praia da Vitória Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada Lisboa Caniçal Caniçal Quarta-feira 20/out Lisboa Leixões Lisboa Praia da Vitória Horta Pico Vila do Porto Quinta-feira 21/out Lisboa Leixões Lisboa Flores Praia da Vitória Ponta Delgada Pico Velas Caniçal VG LTM202142 Sexta-feira 22/out Lisboa Leixões Lisboa Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada Caniçal/Porto Santo Leixões Lisboa Sábado 23/out Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada Lisboa Leixões Domingo 24/out 43 Ponta Delgada VG LTA202143 VG LTM202143 Segunda-feira 25/out Ponta Delgada Praia da Vitória Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada Lisboa Caniçal Leixões Lisboa Lisboa Caniçal Caniçal Terça-feira 26/out Praia da Vitória Ponta Delgada Praia da Vitória Ponta Delgada Lisboa Leixões Lisboa Lisboa Caniçal Caniçal Quarta-feira 27/out Graciosa Horta Velas Ponta Delgada Leixões Lisboa Leixões Lisboa Quinta-feira 28/out Pico Praia da Vitória Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada Leixões Lisboa Leixões Lisboa Caniçal VG LTM202143 Sexta-feira 29/out Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada Leixões Lisboa Leixões Lisboa Caniçal Leixões Lisboa Sábado 30/out Ponta Delgada Lisboa Leixões Domingo 31/out 44 Ponta Delgada.
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