Editing Montevideo (section)

=== Port ===
{{main|Port of Montevideo}}
[[File:Colonia_del_Sacramento_2016_042.jpg|thumb|[[Buquebus]] high-speed ferries connect Montevideo to [[Argentina]]|230x230px]]
Montevideo is also served by a [[Ferry|ferry system]] operated by the company [[Buquebus]] that connects the port with [[Buenos Aires]]. More than 2.2&nbsp;million people per year travel between Argentina and Uruguay with Buquebus. One of these ships is a [[catamaran]], which can reach a top speed of about {{convert|80|km/h|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Buquebus |url=http://www.buquebus.com/cache/HomeARG.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621063259/http://www.buquebus.com/cache/HomeARG.html |archive-date=21 June 2009 |access-date=9 August 2009 |publisher=Buquebus}}</ref>[[File:stk 1340.jpg|thumb|Port of Montevideo|left|226x226px]]The port on Montevideo Bay is one of the reasons the city was founded. It gives natural protection to ships, although two jetties now further protect the harbor entrance from waves. This natural port is competitive with the other great port of Río de la Plata, Buenos Aires.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Infraestructura Física – Proyecto Nueva Terminal de Contenedores del Puerto de Montevideo. |trans-title=Physical Infrastructure – New Container Terminal Project of the Port of Montevideo. |url=http://www.anp.com.uy/montevideo/infraestructura/mvd_infraestructura.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091216022436/http://www.anp.com.uy/montevideo/infraestructura/mvd_infraestructura.asp |archive-date=16 December 2009 |access-date=17 November 2009 |publisher=Puerto de Montevideo |language=es}}</ref>
The main engineering work on the port occurred between the years 1870 and 1930. These six decades saw the construction of the port's first wooden pier, several warehouses in La Aguada, the north and south Rambla, a river port, a new pier, the dredged river basin and the [[La Teja Refinery]]. A major storm in 1923 necessitated repairs to many of the city's engineering works.<ref name="PieGau" /> Since the second half of the 20th century, until the 21st century, physical changes had ceased, and since that time the area had degraded due to national economic stagnation.<ref name="PieGau" />

The port's proximity has contributed to the installation of various industries in the area surrounding the bay, particularly import/export businesses and other business related to port and naval activity. The density of industrial development in the area surrounding the port has kept its popularity as a residential area relatively low despite its centrality. The main environmental problems are subaquatic sedimentation and air and water contamination.<ref name=PieGau />

Every year more than one hundred cruises arrive, bringing tourists to Montevideo by public or private tours.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cruise tours at Montevideo |url=http://www.indooruruguay.com/en/tour/private-cruise-tours-montevideo-punta-del-este |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524185751/http://www.indooruruguay.com/en/tour/private-cruise-tours-montevideo-punta-del-este |archive-date=24 May 2013 |access-date=22 July 2012}}</ref>