Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 05/2023
All electric ferry “a game-changer”
Battery supply | Corvus Energy, Wärtsilä, and Incat have released details of what they claim will be the world’s first zero-emission, electric, lightweight RoPax ferry. The 130m-long catamaran is currently under construction at Incat in Tasmania, Australia. Due for delivery in 2025, the vessel will have 40 MWh of energy storage, four times more than any current installation, the companies said in a statement. The catamaran vessel, being built for South American ferry company, Buquebus, will be deployed on a 45-nautical mile route across the River Plate between Argentina and Uruguay....