The fluvial transport company Colonia Express will add a new boat with capacity for 780 passengers and 20 crew members.
The catamaran will be baptized as Montevideo Express and its initial destination will be to join the route Cologne-Buenos Aires.
A government source consulted by The Observer He pointed out that some time ago the company had unofficially stated its intention to cover the line between Montevideo and the Argentine capital, but that no request to that effect has been submitted so far.
The vessel -acquired last year- arrived on Saturday at the port of the capital from Busan, South Korea, after traveling 12,700 nautical miles, with four technical stopovers to refuel and refuel, detailed the specialized website Puente de Mando.
It is a class K catamaran of the Australian manufacturer Incat, built in 1979, of 2,450 gross registered tons and 78 meters in length. She has been in service since 1995 and until now had operated for the Dae-A Express Shipping company, under the name of Sun Flower.
Colonia Express has linked the cities of Buenos Aires and Colonia del Sacramento since 2007, with connections via buses to Montevideo, Punta del Este and others within the interior of Uruguay.
