From the naming ceremony in Hammerfest. © Torghatten
World’s northernmost electric ferries named
FerryTorghatten Nord held a formal naming ceremony for its newbuild ferries SEILAND and VARGSUND in Hammerfest on 6 November. The two 49-metre, 467 GT all-electric conventional catamaran ferries were built by Norwegian shipyard Oma Baatbyggeri.
SEILAND and VARGSUND are the first electric ferries to enter service in Finnmark, Norway’s northernmost region, and are believed to be the world’s northernmost electric powered ferries.
They will serve the Klokkarøy–Kjerringholmen and Korsfjord–Nyvoll routes, where winter temperatures can fall to -25°C. Norway’s Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy Marianne Sivertsen Næss served as godmother to SEILAND, while Olympic ski jumping champion Anna Odine Strøm served as godmother to VARGSUND.
SEILAND and VARGSUND, yard numbers 552 and 553, are a further development of Oma Baatbyggeri’s first hybrid-electric ferry, yard number 540, which was delivered as KINSARVIK in 2019. Torghatten’s contract to operate the two routes runs for ten years.
Read also: Oma Baatbyggeri to build two new aluminium electric ferries for Torghatten
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nov 09 2026
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