World’s first hydrogen ferry developed by Norled
17 July 2019
Norled
Description
Ferry company Norled AS signed an agreement with the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, and the shipyard Westcon to build and operate four environmentally-friendly ferries.
This four ferries will serve two stretches of sea connecting two roads in Rogaland county. Each stretch will be served with a hydrogen ferry but while one have an all-electric battery ferry as the other serving vessel the other stretch will have a biofueled sistership.
They will be operational in 2021, connecting the main Ferry company Norled AS roads in Rogaland county (Norway). The hydrogen ferries will be able to carry 200-300 passengers and 60-80 cars. One of the models will have a combination of batteries and compressed hydrogen fuel-cells, while the other will use liquid hydrogen only.
A fifth vessel – the push-barge with hydrogen propulsion delivered by ABB – will run on the Rhone river. By 2022 more than 70 ferry services in Norway will be run by battery- or hybrid ferries.