Area served River Plate Founder Juan Carlos López Mena | Website www.buquebus.com Founded 1993 Parent organization Baleària | |
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Buquebus is an Argentine company 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.
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Fleet
Buquebus as of June 2013 operates a fleet of nine fast ferries.
The Buquebus website also lists 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. It has a capacity of 1,024 passengers and crew and 150 cars.