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China Zorrilla: World’s Largest Battery Powered Ship Enters Service

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The China Zorrilla electric ferry connects Uruguay and Argentina with capacity for 2,100 passengers. Find out how its battery propulsion works.

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In the framework of an event in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires City, Buquebus officially presented to the China Zorrilla, the first 100% electric ship that will make the river route between Buenos Aires and Uruguay. Its development, carried out in Australia by the Incat Tasmania shipyard, implies a change in the logic of passenger transfer.As it happens in the automotive universe, where electrification begins to become more and more relevant, the s…

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A new ship that operates without fossil fuels is the first of great importance in the world and was named as the Uruguayan artist China Zorrilla. The ferry will unite the cities of Colonia del Sacramento and Buenos Aires, with a capacity for 2,100 passengers and 225 vehicles. The secretary of the Presidency, Alejandro Sanchez, present at the inauguration, celebrated the investment that favors connectivity between the two countries.

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Buquebus opened the China Zorrilla in Buenos Aires: Orsi did not travel for a health problem but thanked the company for continuing to connect both countries The company Buquebus inaugurated on Wednesday in Buenos Aires its new 100% electric vessel, which bears the name of China Zorrilla and which will start operating the route Cologne-Buenos [...] The entrance <font color="#0ac600">Argentina</font> and <font color="#0ac600">Uruguay</font> launc…

Argentina and Uruguay inaugurated the largest electric ferry in the world to join Buenos Aires and Colonia.

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El Cronista broke the news in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Wednesday, October 21, 2026.
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