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Atlantic Express is a high speed catamaran operated by Argentinian ferry operator Colonia Express. She was launched on 28 January 1991 as Hoverspeed Boulogne . [ 1 ] The vessel operates between Buenos Aires and Colonia del Sacramento .
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.
Colonia del Sacramento (Spanish: [koˈlonja ðel sakɾaˈmento] ⓘ; Portuguese: Colônia do Sacramento) is a city in southwestern Uruguay, by the Río de la Plata, facing Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is one of the oldest towns in Uruguay and the capital of the Colonia Department .
On 13 November 2007 the Silvia Ana L was sold to Buquebus, and entered service with them on 12 December 2007. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] On 15 December 2007, the Silvia Ana L began work on the fast speed ferry service from Buenos Aires to Montevideo and to Colonia del Sacramento .
HSC Francisco is a high-speed catamaran built by Incat in Hobart, Tasmania.Powered by liquefied natural gas, [4] she is currently the fastest passenger ship in service, reaching a speed of 58 knots (107 km/h; 67 mph).
Incat's Hobart shipyard (to the right) The 99m wave piercing catamaran HSC Francisco, delivered by Incat in 2013: the world's fastest ship in commercial service. The company began in 1972 as the Sullivans Cove Ferry Company in suburban Hobart and built four small ferries before International Catamarans was formed in 1977 by a partnership between founder Bob Clifford and marine architect Philip ...
The gas turbine powered Luciano Federico L operated by Montevideo-based Buquebus, holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest car ferry in the world, in service between Montevideo, Uruguay and Buenos Aires, Argentina: its maximum speed, achieved in sea trials, was 60.2 knots (111.5 km/h; 69.3 mph). [61]
Luciano Federico L is a high-speed B60 catamaran ferry, which operates between Buenos Aires and Montevideo, a distance of 110 nautical miles (200 km; 130 mi). [6]The ship is based on the Type 1130 catamaran, designed by AMD Marine Consulting of Sydney, Australia, and has an overall hull length of 77.32m, a beam of 19.5m and a full load draught of 2.15m.