# Colonia (UY CYR)

**UN/LOCODE:** UY CYR  
**Country:** Uruguay  
**Water Body:** Rio de la Plata; South Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Open Roadstead  
**GPS:** -34.4667, -57.8500

With up to 55 sailings a week and crossings of about 75 minutes on the fast craft, Colonia del Sacramento is built around the ferry link to Buenos Aires rather than around cargo handling. Slower three-hour services across the Río de la Plata also carry vehicles and accompanied freight, giving the port a modest roll-on/roll-off character. Operators such as Buquebus and Colonia Express run the passenger terminal beside the UNESCO-listed historic quarter. Containerised, breakbulk or formal customs cargo is not handled here in any meaningful volume. Road Route 1 links the town to Montevideo, roughly 180 kilometres east. Shippers route container traffic through the Port of Montevideo, while bulk and grain move via Nueva Palmira on the Uruguay River.

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