Powering the world’s largest hybrid ferry
Posted on 11 Jul 2017 and read 3406 times
Rolls-Royce (
www.rolls-royce.com) has received an order for four Bergen B33:45L diesel engines to power the world’s largest hybrid ferry, which was designed by Fosen and is being built at Ulstein Verft (in Norway) for the Norwegian cruise and transport company Color Line.
When completed in the summer of 2019, the vessel will operate on the crossing between Sandefjord in Norway and Strømstad in Sweden.
The new Color Line ferry will be a plug-in hybrid combining diesel and electrical power. Its batteries will be recharged via a power cable with ‘green’ electricity from Color Line’s shore facilities, or recharged on board by the ship’s generators. The 160m-long vessel will have a capacity for 2,000 passengers and 500 cars.
The engines are scheduled to be delivered in March 2018. The contract comes with an option to provide engines for a second vessel. Kjell Harloff, Rolls-Royce vice-president for marine engines, said: “Our Bergen engines have now been sold to power nine vessels in this particular segment over the past year.”