Buquebus

Headquarters	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Area served	River Plate
Services	Passenger transportation
Website	www.buquebus.com

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.

The company also operated BQB Líneas Aéreas.

Fleet

Silvia Ana L

Buquebus vessels in Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay

Buquebus as of June 2013 operates a fleet of nine fast ferries.^[1]

Ship	Built	Entered service	Route	Tonnage	Flag	Notes
Juan Patricio	1995	1995	Buenos Aires - Montevideo	1,760 GRT	Argentina
Atlantic III	1993	1993	Buenos Aires - Montevideo	4,994 GRT	Uruguay
Eladia Isabel	1986	1986	Buenos Aires - Colonia	7,799 GRT	Uruguay
Albayzin	1994	1994	Buenos Aires - Colonia	3,265 GRT	Uruguay
Luciano Federico L	1997	1997	Buenos Aires - Colonia	1,737 GRT	Uruguay
Silvia Ana L	1996	1996 - 2000 2007 -	Buenos Aires - Colonia	7,895 GRT	Uruguay
Patricia Olivia II	1998	1998	Buenos Aires - Colonia		Uruguay
Flecha De Buenos Aires	1986	1996	Buenos Aires - Colonia		Uruguay
Thomas Edison	1999	1999	Buenos Aires - Colonia		Uruguay
Francisco	2013	2013	Buenos Aires - Montevideo

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.^[2]

See also

BQB Líneas Aéreas, former Buquebus-owned airline.

References

1. http://www.buquebus.com.uy/BQBWebV2/web/Estatica?html=Buques.html
2. Bruce Mounster (June 18, 2013). "107km/h: now that's a fast ferry". The Mercury.

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