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  • Monday, May 5th 2025 - 10:24 UTC

    Fully electric China Zorrilla ship launched in Australia

    The China Zorrilla is due in Uruguay in Q4 of 2025

    The China Zorrilla, the world’s largest 100% electric ferry, was launched on May 2, 2025, at Incat’s shipyard in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Commissioned by Buquebus, the 130-meter vessel will connect Argentina and Uruguay across the River Plate, carrying up to 2,100 passengers and 225 vehicles. The vessel is due in Uruguay in the last quarter of 2025. It was the ninth unit Incat has built for Buquebus.

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  • Wednesday, February 21st 2024 - 10:23 UTC

    Uruguay: River travel surcharge to trigger legal challenges

    It's like charging only thieves for keeping the police operational, Colonia Express' lawyer argued

    Buquebús and Colonia Express, the two shipping companies providing regular passenger services between Argentina and Uruguay, announced this week that they planned to challenge President Luis Lacalle Pou's decree creating a US$ 2.56 surcharge for passengers arriving or leaving at the ports of Colonia and Montevideo.

  • Saturday, September 30th 2023 - 09:05 UTC

    Newest Buquebús unit to be named after actress China Zorrilla

    China Zorrilla united the two shores, the two countries

    Buquebús, the only company offering passenger services linking Montevideo and Buenos Aires daily across the River Plate in addition to the route between Colonia and the Argentine capital, announced Friday that its newest unit already under construction and slated to be delivered in 2025 would be named after Uruguayan actress China Zorrilla.

  • Friday, August 4th 2023 - 08:29 UTC

    Buquebus granted extension to bring decommissioned ship to Uruguay

    he Eladia Isabel was built in 1994 and took three hours to cross the River Plate

    Argentine customs authorities Thursday extended the deadline for the return to Uruguay of Buquebus' Eladia Isabel to “prevent her from sinking,” it was reported in Buenos Aires. Following an inspection in June last, the vessel was found to be in a “distressing condition” and was to be re-exported before July 9. Now it has time so until Oct. 10.

  • Wednesday, June 21st 2023 - 10:34 UTC

    Buquebús ship banned from active service

    Buquebús' Eladia Isabel was found to be in a distressing condition, despite not being operational

    Argentina's Customs General Directorate Tuesday banned Buquebús' Eladia Isabel from River Plate shuttle services to Uruguay due to its “poor condition,” it was reported in Buenos Aires. The vessel's sailing certifications were also found to have expired.

  • Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 10:06 UTC

    Old river service between Argentina and Uruguay returns

    The service Cacciola used to provide will be resumed by Líneas Delta Argentino on behalf of Buquebus

    Travelers interested in crossing rivers separating Argentina from Uruguay will have a new choice as of Friday when the Tigre (Argentina)-Carmelo (Uruguay) route is to be resumed, this time around by Buquebús, which has taken over the service previously offered by Cacciola until 2019.

  • Saturday, January 22nd 2022 - 09:45 UTC

    Buquebús workers stage protest at Buenos Aires port

    If the conflict escalates other shipping workers may stage protests in solidarity

    The Argentine union of maritime workers SOMU Friday staged a protest at the Buquebús terminal in the port of Buenos Aires to keep ships from sailing off to Uruguay in demand of a due wage increase of 23% agreed upon last year.

  • Tuesday, October 1st 2013 - 06:46 UTC

    Cristina Fernandez and Mujica in a prudent silence over the pulp mill controversy

    The two leaders in the new vessel named Francis in honour of the Argentine born pope with Buquebus CEO Lopez Mena

    Argentine President Cristina Fernández met on Monday with her Uruguayan counterpart José Mujica after the pair inaugurated a new vessel belonging to the ferry company Buquebús, (which joins Montevideo with Buenos Aires), in order to discuss matters related to the controversial UPM pulp plant formerly known as Botnia.

  • Thursday, December 27th 2012 - 02:38 UTC

    “Uruguay needs leaders in government, not demagogues” says transport businessman

    Lopez Mena The government seems intent of replacing private sector companies that work efficiently with state funded inefficient companies

    The country “needs leaders in government, not demagogues” said Juan Carlos López Mena a leading businessman of Uruguay’s tourism and transport industry who is also investing heavily in agriculture and an incipient regional airline.

  • Saturday, July 21st 2012 - 06:16 UTC

    Chinese electric-battery buses for Uruguay; the first arrive at end of 2012

    President Jose Mujica witnessed the signing of the 500-buses contract

    China’ BYD has inked another strategic deal for its electric bus products, this time in Uruguay with one of the country’s leading tourism companies. The agreement was witnessed by Uruguay’s president Jose Mujica.