# The largest ferry operator in Norway have 22 new battery plug-in ferries **URL:** \ **Category:** Maritime News\ **Created:** [November 6, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-largest-ferry-operator-in-norway-have-22-new-battery-plug-in-ferries/49669 "2018-11-06T21:22:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-largest-ferry-operator-in-norway-have-22-new-battery-plug-in-ferries/49669/1 "2018-11-06T21:22:13Z")
The largest ferry operator in Norway have 22 new battery plug-in ferries in order (3 now delivered) Some will be built and completed in Turkey and some will have their hulls built in Poland and be fitted out a yards in Norway. All will have largely Norwegian designed and made equipment: [https://www.passengership.info/news/view,fjord1-speeds-ahead-with-new-technology\_52053.htm](https://www.passengership.info/news/view,fjord1-speeds-ahead-with-new-technology_52053.htm) The contract awards are based on competitive bidding, not subsidies or Government pressure to “Build Norwegian”. I’ll try to find out the building costs. So far I have only found that 5 of the ferries to be built at Havyard have a combined contract value of NOK 800 Mill. (Approx. USD 100 Mill.): > [@](#): > > Fjord1 orders new battery-powered ferries from Havyard > Ferry company Fjord1 has Monday signed a contract with Havyard on the construction of five battery-powered ferries. A stock exchange announcement is evident. > The ferries will be delivered in the autumn of 2019 and the t **otal contract value is NOK 800 million.** > In addition to the Havyard contract, Fjord1 has also ordered two new ferries from Cemre Shipyarf in Turkey. > All ferries must be based on electric propulsion. > In recent months Fjord1 has signed a number of ship equipment contracts, and all of them have been to Norwegian suppliers. ---
**Author:** ![whizbang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c5a1d2/32.png) [@whizbang](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/whizbang)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 6:28am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-largest-ferry-operator-in-norway-have-22-new-battery-plug-in-ferries/49669/2 "2018-11-07T06:28:21Z")
Fascinating to watch the expansion of true electric vessels. How do Norwegians feel about the mix of build location vs equipment supply? Are people happy to make the money on the outfitting and leave the hulls to others? ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-largest-ferry-operator-in-norway-have-22-new-battery-plug-in-ferries/49669/3 "2018-11-07T13:28:25Z")
Norwegian yards are faring fairly well after the disastrous fall in the oil and gas industry. (See my post in Shipyard News thread today) From building almost exclusively for the Offshore Oil & Gas sector, they have diversified into for the Offshore Wind farm industry, Aquaculture, Ferries and Expedition Cruise vessels. > [@whizbang](#): > > How do Norwegians feel about the mix of build location vs equipment supply? Are people happy to make the money on the outfitting and leave the hulls to others? Most Norwegians don’t give a toss about the shipbuilding and marine equipment industry, since it is concentrated in a relatively small part along the west coast and most people live in the east, around the Oslo area. But to answer your question from the west coast; It would make no sense to build the hulls in Norway, with the most expensive labour force in the world. To import foreign labourers to do so in Norway would also be uneconomical, since Norwegian laws demand that they be paid Norwegian wages and get Norwegian benefits. Welding steel together into an empty shell only represent abt. 30% of the cost of the completed vessel when we are talking about complex vessels of the type that is built here. The machinery and equipment cost answer for 40-45% and the design and outfitting costs for the rest. BTW; Much of the work force at the shipyards are foreign contract labour, since there is a shortage of such workers in Norway. Since Norwegian shipyards don’t have a captive market, but must be competitive on the world market, even for ships built for Norwegian owners and coastal trade, they cannot afford to spend money on the simpler tasks, like hull building, which is contracted out to yards with lower labour cost. Some hulls are built at yards owned and managed by the yards in Norway (Vard), others build sections abroad and weld them together in Norway. Some of the smaller yards building service boats for the aquaculture industry and small fishing vessels etc. and those building fast ferries from aluminium or composite material build the hulls in Norway. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-largest-ferry-operator-in-norway-have-22-new-battery-plug-in-ferries/49669/4 "2018-11-09T12:39:28Z")
Canada is following suite with two electric ferries on order: > **[Two big new all-electric ferries are coming to Canada](https://electrek.co/2018/11/07/all-electric-ferries-canada/)** > > Electric propulsion is coming for virtually every mode of transportation, including maritime transportation. Ferries are a good place to start since they cover the same routes again and again. It m… ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-largest-ferry-operator-in-norway-have-22-new-battery-plug-in-ferries/49669/5 "2018-11-09T14:53:58Z")
Not only newbuilt ferries are electrified; > **[E24](https://e24.no/?utm_source=sysla)** > > E24 er Norges største og viktigste avis for nyheter om økonomi og næringsliv. E24 er første ute med de viktigste nyhetene, gir deg kommentarer og analyse og setter dagsorden med sakene norsk næringsliv snakker om. > [@](#): > > The three boats carry yearly close to 2.7 million passengers from Oslo to Nesoddtangen. I wonder how they get back??? ---
**Author:** ![dbeierl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/dbeierl/32/11833_2.png) [@dbeierl](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/dbeierl)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-largest-ferry-operator-in-norway-have-22-new-battery-plug-in-ferries/49669/6 "2018-11-10T12:27:24Z")
> [@ombugge](#): > > I wonder how they get back??? Take Fv156 to Nessetveien and then E18. Or flap their wings. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Emrobu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/emrobu/32/6696_2.png) [@Emrobu](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Emrobu)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-largest-ferry-operator-in-norway-have-22-new-battery-plug-in-ferries/49669/7 "2018-11-10T23:42:35Z")
> [@ombugge](#): > > Canada is following suite with two electric ferries on order: Where’s the fun in that? Engine is like: upy-downy, roundy-roundy, breath in, squeeze, explode, breath out, clackity, clackity…etc. Battery is like: … uh. roundy, roundy, I guess, if I have to… but don’t expect me to make music or get warm or anything. Are we there yet? ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-largest-ferry-operator-in-norway-have-22-new-battery-plug-in-ferries/49669/8 "2018-11-16T12:34:17Z")
Three ferries on the Helsingborg - Helsingor route has been electrified: [https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/forsea-formerly-hh-ferries-group-completes-conversion-of-the-worlds-largest-battery-ferries-powered-by-abb/](https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/forsea-formerly-hh-ferries-group-completes-conversion-of-the-worlds-largest-battery-ferries-powered-by-abb/) It does not say how the electricity to charge the batteries are generated, whether from nuclear, wind or coal. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 10:52am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-largest-ferry-operator-in-norway-have-22-new-battery-plug-in-ferries/49669/9 "2018-11-20T10:52:31Z")
Another all electric excursion boat for the Oslofjord: > **[New All-Electric Passenger Ferry for Oslo](https://www.marinelink.com/news/new-allelectric-passenger-ferry-oslo-444099)** > > The Fjords will add another all electric passenger vessel to its fleet Legacy of The Fjords which is now under construction at Brødrene Aa. ---
**Author:** ![Klaveness](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/klaveness/32/7001_2.png) [@Klaveness](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Klaveness)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-largest-ferry-operator-in-norway-have-22-new-battery-plug-in-ferries/49669/10 "2018-11-20T11:40:32Z")
I spoke with the guy who designed this. He’s quite young and this is his first project as a naval architect, which shows in how he threw convention to the wind. The use of inclined planes for space maximization is very clever, imo. I’m very happy to see that the project got funded. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-largest-ferry-operator-in-norway-have-22-new-battery-plug-in-ferries/49669/11 "2018-11-29T16:36:49Z")
The contract to develop, build and operate the first hydrogen fuel cell powered ferry has be issues. To be operational from 15.April, 2021: > **[Norled skal bygge verdens første hydrogen-elektriske ferge](https://sysla.no/maritim/norled-skal-bygge-verdens-forste-hydrogen-elektriske-ferge/)** > > Norled skal utvikle, bygge og drifte en hydrogen-elektrisk ferge på fergeleiet Hjelmeland - Skipavik - Nesvik i Rogaland. PS\> Building yard, machinery and equipment vendors has not yet been decided. (Or at least to published, although lots of speculations has been circulated) ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-largest-ferry-operator-in-norway-have-22-new-battery-plug-in-ferries/49669/12 "2018-12-03T13:03:40Z")
This ferry operated fully autonomous during a test run In Norway: > **[Denne fergen seilte autonomt fra kai til kai](https://sysla.no/maritim/denne-fergen-kjorte-autonomt-fra-kai-til-kai/?fbclid=IwAR3UgdMYAr3pZYCp3zMjD_nlhQX7KK6h5GiDtvojOrAnFQN1fqSO5UHZ66c)** > > Under testing av nytt autodokkingssystem ble M/F Folgefonn seilt som et fullt autonomt fartøy fra kai til kai. But it is not only in Norway that ferries are being automated. In Finland a ferry has done a complete crossing in fully automatic mode as well: > **[Rolls-Royce demonstrates fully autonomous passenger ferry in Finland -...](http://www.wiredfocus.com/rolls-royce-demonstrates-fully-autonomous-passenger-ferry-in-finland/)** > > Rolls-Royce has publicly demonstrated what it calls the “world’s first fully autonomous ferry,” during a trip between Parainen and Nauvo in Finland. The British company entered a research partnership with Finnish state-owned Finferries back in May,... UPDATE: A video from BBC’s technology program Click about the Finnish ferry: The female Ch. Officer is happy to have a shore job, yet be able to use knowledge that she was trained for and the skills and experience gained at sea, yet be home with the kids every day. The future for the **next generation** of “seafarers”?? UPDATE: Denmark is also in the process of transforming their ferries to electric power: [https://www.dma.dk/Presse/Nyheder/Sider/The-Danish-Maritime-Authority-supports-development-of-safe-electric-ferries.aspx](https://www.dma.dk/Presse/Nyheder/Sider/The-Danish-Maritime-Authority-supports-development-of-safe-electric-ferries.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2018, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-largest-ferry-operator-in-norway-have-22-new-battery-plug-in-ferries/49669/13 "2018-12-16T12:51:46Z")
EU grant to develop electric powered Fast Ferry in Norway: > **[EU sponser utvikling av norsk el-hurtigbåt med 110 millioner](https://www.tu.no/artikler/eu-sponser-utvikling-av-norsk-el-hurtigbat-med-110-millioner/427277?fbclid=IwAR12jygUqYukn0NNALKj2PnsHGPxDjBTwk6r9NxZpMlpqFpZRMAeevRBh0k)** > > Norsk maritim klynge får fire år på seg til å utvikle en elektrisk hurtigbåt. Charging the batteries without physical contact between the ferry and the charging station ashore: > **[De lader ferge med 1,2 megawatt effekt - uten fysisk kontakt med fartøyet](https://www.tu.no/artikler/de-lader-ferge-med-1-2-megawatt-effekt-uten-fysisk-kontakt-med-fartoyet/409255)** > > Wärtsilä er kandidat 1 til Norwegian Tech Award. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-largest-ferry-operator-in-norway-have-22-new-battery-plug-in-ferries/49669/14 "2019-03-01T11:45:09Z")
Fjord1 has selected NES to supply electrical and automation system for conversion of an existing diesel ferry to hybrid propulsion: [http://en.portnews.ru/news/272999/](http://en.portnews.ru/news/272999/) ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/the-largest-ferry-operator-in-norway-have-22-new-battery-plug-in-ferries/49669/15 "2019-03-04T11:49:32Z")
Latest on the hydrogen powered ferry front: > **[An iconic hydrogen ferry – NCE Maritime CleanTech](https://maritimecleantech.no/2019/03/01/an-iconic-hydrogen-ferry/)** > > Shipowner, operator and cluster partner Norled wants the design of the world’s first hydrogen powered ferry to radiate power and innovation. At the end of February, the operator revealed the first visuals of the historic vessel.