Wärtsilä to design and equip two zero-emissions battery powered ferries
Wärtsilä Corporation, Press Release, 18 June 2020 at 10 AM EESTThe technology group Wärtsilä’s experience and leading position in the development of battery and hybrid propulsion vessel solutions has been recognised with the award of a contract to design and equip two new zero-emissions ferries. The ships are to be built for Norwegian operator Boreal Sjö at Holland Shipyards in the Netherlands. The orders with Wärtsilä for the design and the equipment were placed in April 2020.
The Wärtsilä ship design is tailored to the operating and route profiles of the two double-ended shuttle