Los Cipreses S.A., doing business as Buquebus, is a
Uruguayan
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
company that operates ferry services from
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
to
Montevideo and
Colonia. The company also operates a fleet of coaches to
Termas del Arapey, Termas del Dayman,
Salto, Uruguay
Salto () is the capital city of the Salto Department in northwestern Uruguay. As of the 2011 census it had a population of 104,028 and is the third most populated city in Uruguay, after Montevideo and Ciudad de la Costa.
Location and geography
T ...
,
Carmelo, Atlántida,
Punta del Este
Punta del Este () is a seaside city and peninsula on the Atlantic Coast in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay. Starting as a small town, Punta del Este later became internationally known as a resort for the Latin and North American j ...
, La Paloma, La Pedrera and
Punta del Diablo from
Montevideo,
Colonia and
Piriapolis.
The company also operated
BQB Líneas Aéreas.
Fleet
![Ferry Terminal in Colonia (5459543681)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Ferry_Terminal_in_Colonia_%285459543681%29.jpg)
Buquebus operates a fleet of nine
fast ferries.
The Buquebus website also lists
HSC Catalonia, which has been chartered to
P&O Ferries as
HSC Express
HSC ''Superexpress'' is a wave piercing catamaran built by Incat, owned by Golden Star Ferries and chartered to Viking Line. During her delivery voyage on 9 June 1998, as ''Catalonia'', she set the record for the fastest Atlantic Eastbound Rec ...
for several years.
A new ferry named ''Francisco'', after
Pope Francis
Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. ...
, was completed by
Incat
Incat Tasmania is an Australian manufacturer of high-speed craft (HSC) catamaran ferries. Its greatest success has been with large, sea going passenger and vehicle ferries, but it has also built military transports and since 2015 it has built s ...
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
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
to
Montevideo route. It has a capacity of 1,024 passengers and crew and 150 cars.
See also
BQB Líneas Aéreas, former Buquebus-owned airline.
References
External links
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Transport companies of Uruguay
Water transport in Uruguay
Water transport in Argentina
Transport companies of Argentina