European hybrid ferry set for January launch

摘要

Repositioning of its target market began towards the end of the last century for Spanish shipyard LaNaval as the group switched from tankers, both crude shuttle and chemical vessels, and bulkers to LNG ships. More recently the company decided to switch to more specialist ships including dredgers and offshore vessels and around three years ago the company also decided to target the ferry market. That decision has led to the development of the hybrid ferry which will be launched in July 2015 and is expected to be operational by January 2016. Ordered by the Dutch company Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming (TESO) the vessel, named Texelstroom, offers a selection of innovations that will allow it to meet environmental regulations.