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The construction of the new emission-free excursion ship goes back to a design by Havyard designer Stig Magne Espeseth. The design study is 70 meters long, is intended to accommodate 600 to 800 passengers and is traveling at a speed of ten to eleven knots. The focus of the ship's design is to offer passengers the most spectacular driving experience possible. Accordingly, the study is equipped with spacious indoor and outdoor areas and large windows. Wheelchair users should also be able to move freely on the ships.
Havyard and SINTEF have embedded the design study in a new kind of sightseeing concept to protect world heritage areas and coastal cities. The idea: In future, tourists will switch from large cruise ships to zero-emission sightseeing ships on floating hubs in order to get into the narrow fjords and city centers. According to the partners, these “floating hubs” could be installed at the mouth of the fjords or outside the cities and could also house the charging infrastructure for the e-ships. Havyard and SINTEF are considering a charging solution with a backup battery to relieve the network.
The partnership between Havyard and SINTEF has existed since July 2019 and is primarily aimed at developing new solutions for a more environmentally friendly shipping industry. Havyard has contributed its know-how in the field of electric ships over the past ten years. SINTEF contributes its scientific results collected at the SFI Smart Maritime research and development center.
So far, Havyard has made a name for itself as an electric ferry supplier for the Norwegian ferry operator Fjord1. The company is also working with Linde Engineering and PowerCell Sweden on a fuel cell system for large ships . It is planned to connect several 200 kW modules in parallel, resulting in a total output of 3.2 megawatts. We are talking about “pioneering work” and the “most powerful maritime fuel cell system in history”.
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