Norway moves closer to its ambition of an all-electric ferry fleet

摘要

Norway's electric ferries take a step forward in technology with each new design, as the latest deliveries to Norled show. In April, the aluminium Westcon-built Hjellestad started ferrying up to 16 cars or two trucks and 77 passengers on a short route to and from an island outside Bergen. And it does so in a more economical way than its predecessors by virtue of several refinements. In the summer, Norled took delivery from Remontowa Shipbuilding of two bigger, all-steel sister ships, 114.4 m long and 17.7 m wide Festoya and Solavagen, both with capacity for 120 cars and 295 passengers. These vessels are equipped with batteries and biodiesel-burning generator sets.