Colonia Express

Passenger ferry
Predecessor	Remolcadores Unidos Argentinos
Founder	Sebastián Planas
Headquarters	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Area served	River Plate
Services	Passenger&vehicle transportation
Owner	Lumary S.A.
Number of employees	250
Website	[]

Colonia Express S.A. is a Uruguayan company^[1] 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.

History

The company was Remolcadores Unidos Argentinos (bought from Buquebus in 1998) and became Colonia Express in 2007.^[2]

The company competes with Buquebus^[3][4] for a market of 2.5 million people per year who travel across the River Plate.^[5]

As of 2019^[update], 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%.^[2]

Fleet

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.

Ship	Built	Service years	Route	Speed (knots)	Tonnage	Flag	Notes
HSC Atlantic Express	1991	2015-	Buenos Aires - Colonia	37	3,000 GT	Uruguay	[6][7]
HSC Superferry Express	2019	2019-	Buenos Aires - Colonia	40	2,116 GT	Uruguay	Partially built in Argentina[2][8]

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