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Listings of the Largest Marine Battery Installations

With the help of the Shippax Database, we have compiled two lists of the largest marine battery installations: one for delivered ships and one for ships on order and planned retrofits.

Delivered ships

Name	Type	Battery size (MWh)	Operator
SAINT-MALO, GUILLAUME DE NORMANDIE (x2)	Ferry	12	Brittany Ferries
AIDAPERLA (retrofit)	Cruise	10	Aida Cruises
P&O PIONEER, P&O LIBERTE (x2)	Ferry	8.816	P&O Ferries
TYCHO BRAHE (retrofit)	Ferry	6.4	Öresundslinjen
HAVILA CAPELLA, CASTOR, POLARIS, POLLUX (x4)	Cruise	6.1	Havila Kystruten
CRUISE ROMA, CRUISE BARCELONA (x2) (retrofit)	Ferry	5.47	Grimaldi Lines
Grimaldi, Finnlines GG5G ships (x14)	Ro-ro	5	Grimaldi Lines, Finnlines
FINNSIRIUS, FINNCANOPUS (x2)	Ferry	5	Finnlines
HINNØY	Ferry	4.748	Torghatten Nord
COLOR HYBRID	Ferry	4.7	Color Line

Ships on order and planned retrofits

Name	Type	Battery size (MWh)	Operator
CHINA ZORRILLA	High-speed	43	Buquebus
La Méridionale newbuilds (x2)	Ferry	13	La Meridionale
AURORA BOTNIA (retrofit)	Ferry	12.6 (from 2.2)	Wasaline
Incat 78m newbuilds (x2)	Ferry	12
Balearia electric newbuilds (x2)	High-speed	11.5	Balearia
FUTURA	Ferry	10	Scandlines
KVITVÆR, RISVÆR, SJONA, SØHOLMEN (x4)	Ferry	8	Norled
BARØY (retrofit)	Ferry	5.935	Torghatten Nord
HELGØY	Ferry	4	Torghatten Nord
TYRFING	Ferry	3.8	Samsølinjen

Disclaimer:

In this context, 'marine' refers to ferries, ro-ro, cruise, and high-speed vessels. The largest marine battery installation across all categories is the river containership ZHONG YUAN HAI YUN LU SHUI 01 of COSCO Shipping, with a battery capacity of 57.6 MWh. There are ships on order with not-yet-communicated battery sizes that might make them eligible to be included in the lists.

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