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Colonia Express

Logo: Colonia Express, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Uruguayan passenger transport company

Colonia Express S.A. is a Uruguayan company that operates ferry services on the River Plate, between Buenos Aires and Colonia del Sacramento, with duty-free shopping. The company operates three hotels and coach services to Montevideo, Punta del Este and Carmelo.2 It is headquartered in Argentina.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Feb 28, 2007Founded1

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Photo: Mándbu, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Colonia Express S.A. is a Uruguayan company that operates ferry services on the River Plate, between Buenos Aires and Colonia del Sacramento, with duty-free shopping. The company operates three hotels and coach services to Montevideo, Punta del Este and Carmelo.2

Corporate structure

Colonia Express sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The company was Remolcadores Unidos Argentinos (bought from Buquebus in 1998) and became Colonia Express in 2007.

The company competes with Buquebus for a market of 2.5 million people per year who travel across the River Plate.

As of 2019, Colonia Express had 38% market share, with most customers coming via Buenos Aires, including many tourists from abroad. By including cargo, the company adjusted its seasonality of 70% annual revenue coming in five months of the year, to 60%.

From Wikipedia’s article on Colonia Express, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

Colonia Express operates a fleet of three fast ferries on the 30-nautical-mile (56 km; 35 mi) river route between Buenos Aires and Colonia del Sacramento.

From Wikipedia’s article on Colonia Express, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Feb 28, 2007Founded Founded1

Sources

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