World's largest electric ferry unveiled in Uruguay

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The 100% electric ferry, China Zorrilla, was unveiled on Sept12 at the port of Nueva Palmira after completing a long journey from Australia to Uruguay.  The China Zorrilla will now be prepared at the port of Colonia del Sacramento for final tune-ups before entering commercial service between Buenos Aires and Colonia.  The 130m-long ferry can carry up to 2,100 passengers and 225 vehicles. It's named after the late Uruguayan actress Concepción "China" Zorrilla.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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01:00If you're in the transport, you have to have the infrastructure that accompanies that growth, so that people don't have

01:05to be expensive, not a backpack, so let's go on to that.

01:09So let's go on to that.

01:11We also have a future project.

01:15The world goes towards clean and more efficient mobility.

01:21And here we have an approach from the company, which we recognize, but also from the transport sector and the

01:29country to sustainable development, which is what the government wants for in Uruguay.

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