Buquebus

Buquebus

Buquebus

Uruguayan passenger transport company

Los Cipreses S.A., doing business as Buquebus, is a Uruguayan company[1] that operates ferry services from Buenos Aires to Montevideo and Colonia. The company also operates a fleet of coaches to Termas del Arapey, Termas del Dayman, Salto, Uruguay, Carmelo, Atlántida, Punta del Este, La Paloma, La Pedrera and Punta del Diablo from Montevideo, Colonia and Piriapolis.

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The company also operated BQB Líneas Aéreas.

Fleet

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Buquebus vessels in Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay

Buquebus operates a fleet of nine fast ferries.[2]

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The Buquebus website also lists HSC Catalonia, which has been chartered to P&O Ferries as HSC Express for several years.

A new ferry named Francisco, after Pope Francis, was completed by Incat in 2013. Capable of 107 km/h (58 knots) it will be one of the fastest ferries in the world, and will be used for the Buenos Aires to Montevideo route.[needs update] It has a capacity of 1,024 passengers and crew and 150 cars.[3]

See also

BQB Líneas Aéreas, former Buquebus-owned airline.

References

  1. [1]
    "Los Cipreses S.A. Company Profile". Dun & Bradstreet. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  2. [2]
    "Viaja y disfrutá en los mejores buques del país | Buquebus". Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  3. [3]
    Bruce Mounster (June 18, 2013). "107km/h: now that's a fast ferry". The Mercury.
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