Good luck with that is all I can say. I’m no fan of electric ships but a big fan of Robert Clifford.
Robert Clifford is a legend in Tasmania. He first started making money when the bridge across the Derwent River was knocked down by a ship, Lake Illawarra, hitting it. The ship still lies in mid-channel deep water almost under the bridge. Clifford sprang into action to get little then bigger and faster ferries running across with refreshments on sale and made his first $million.
He thus got into high speed aluminium catamarans for ferries but only came to real attention when he ran a new cat aground on a famous rock, Iron Pot, in the Derwent estuary during trials. She was refloated with minimal damage.
That actually made him more famous and proved the survivability of his designs and he never looked back with international orders rolling in.
During my years in Hobart, I did a few new ship trials in his new cats. Bob loved high speed and to hammer that home would be doing 40kts a few metres off those cliffs in the photo with a huge grin on his face. The entire workforce was along for the ride.
The boat is a 46-meter long, hybrid-powered catamaran that has a capacity for 280 passengers. Photo: Staale Wattø
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The new boat, MS “Geirangerfjord III”, was built by Brødrene Aa and is adapted to the zero-emission requirements in the world heritage fjord.
According to the shipping company, this is the first sightseeing boat in Geiranger that is built for emission-free operation.
The boat will operate a year-round route between Ålesund and Geiranger.
– This is a big day for a small shipping company, says Geiranger Fjordservice in a press release.
The boat left Ålesund on Thursday morning, and then headed for Geiranger:
