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Cemre Shipyard launched battery operated HINNØY for Torghatten Nord

FerryTurkey’s Cemre Shipyard launched NB 1091, a battery operated ferry for Norway’s Torghatten Nord AS. Designed by The Norwegian Ship Design Company, the 117m double-ender HINNØY will be able to carry 399 passengers and 120 vehicles on the route Bognes-Lødingen in northern Norway.

The 4.75 MWh batteries will provide a crossing time of one hour, at a speed of 13-14 knots.

It is planned that all operations of the new ferry will come from power supplied from Norway's National Grid ashore, through high-capacity automatic charging connections at both terminals. In the case shore power is unavailable, biodiesel generators will provide power for the operation of HINNØY.

HINNØY will feature two completely independent propulsion and power systems arranged in a way that after any single fault, such as fire or flooding, a minimum of one of these systems remains operational.

dec 11 2023