The story
The company started in 1979. Some of its first ferries were the Eladia Isabel and Flecha De Buenos Aires between Buenos Aires and Colonia del Sacramento in 1986. In 1998, the company was acquired by Los Cipreses.
Buquebus also operated in Spain, making journeys in the Strait of Gibraltar (between Algeciras and Ceuta), and in the Mediterranean between Mallorca and the Peninsula. It used the catamarans Avemar, Avemar Dos, Catalonia, Ronda Marina, Thomas Edison and Patricia Oliva as well as the monohull Albayzin. On September 19, 2007 this operation was acquired (in 55%) by the shipping company Baleària.
Buquebus also operated the airline BQB Líneas Aéreas in South America from 2010 to 2015.
Since 2014, the company receives 66 tons of LNG per day from 7 production units at its facility in San Vicente near Buenos Aires, sufficient for two round-trips per day for the Francisco ferry on the 146-nautical-mile (270 km; 168 mi) sea route between Buenos Aires and Montevideo. The LNG is sent 60 km in LNG-powered tank trucks to the ship.
The company competes with Colonia Express for a market of 2.5 million people per year who travel across the River Plate. From 2024, Buquebus increased its activities in sport, concerts, gastronomy, wellness, and culture to attract more customers, leading to 50% more river travels and hotel bookings.
As of 2026, the company is building a $350 million 90,000 m2 (970,000 sq ft) transportation hub in Puerto Madero in Buenos Aires, with a 150-room hotel and gardens with underground parking for 850 cars.
From Wikipedia’s article on Buquebus, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4