A one hundred percent electric ship will link Argentina and Uruguay at the end of 2025

A one hundred percent electric ship, the first in the world according to the company that will operate it, will link Buenos Aires (Argentina) and colony (Uruguay) At the end of 2025, the Buquebus company and the tourism ministers of both countries in the framework of the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) 2025 in Madrid announced Thursday.

The Buquebus sales director, Marina López, explained in the presentation that the new boat, which will be called “China Zorrilla” in honor of that deceased Uruguayan actress, will not generate emissions, will not issue noise pollution, and also help the protection of Diversity

Company sources explained to Efe that the ship, which will link the 270 kilometers that separate both countries through the Río de la Plata, will have the capacity for about 2,100 passengers and more than 220 vehicles, dimensions that far Duplicate the capacity of the capacity of the Current ships of the company, which allow a maximum of 800 people on board.

The ferry is being built in Australia shipyards and will be 130 meters in length. The ship’s launch is expected to be done in April, navigation tests until September, and then the ship is transferred to Argentina, where at the end of 2025 it will be presented in society and will begin its routes on a regular basis.

Also, the entry into operation of this electric ship will leave two boats that work diesel, which will increase the company’s emission cut.

The presentation was attended by the tourism ministers of Argentina, Daniel Scioli, and that of Uruguay, Eduardo Sanguinetti.

Scioli, in his speech, celebrated the “wonderful commitment to the challenges of the new times of sustainability” that the ship means, and congratulated “having this level of connectivity, this point of integration, of brotherhood, of complementation of two sister countries, Uruguay and Argentina, and everything that the Río de la Plata means as a point of union ”.