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Uruguayan passenger transport company From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
The company also operated BQB Líneas Aéreas.
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Buquebus operates a fleet of nine fast ferries.[2]
The Buquebus website also lists HSC Catalonia, which has been chartered to P&O Ferries as HSC Express for several years.
The newest ferry, named Francisco, after Pope Francis, was completed by Incat in 2013. Capable of 107 km/h (58 knots) it was, at time of commissioning, the fastest ferry in the world.[8] It has a capacity of 1,024 passengers and crew and 150 cars.[9]
In 2022, HSC Albayzin was towed to Montevideo for scrapping.[10]
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BQB Líneas Aéreas, former Buquebus-owned airline.
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