Australian shipbuilding team Austal will certainly create a high-speed that operates on hydrogen gas under a just recently authorized memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Sweden’s Gotlandsbolaget (Gotland Company).
A 130-meter-long high-speed catamaran able to operate hydrogen as well as various other fossil-free gas, the brand-new vessel Horizon X will certainly have the ability to go for 35 knots, while delivering 1,650 guests as well as as much as 450 automobiles.
Håkan Johansson, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of Gotland, stated, “This is an essential action in our environment trip. We are dealing with establishing our future ships, as well as in 2022 we offered the 2nd ship design in our Horizon collection: Gotland Horizon X. The vessel will certainly be an excellent enhancement to the web traffic in between the Swedish landmass as well asGotland She will certainly be made use of primary throughout the summer season as well as make the journey to as well as from Gotland in under 3 hrs.”
Austal Limited CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Paddy Gregg stated, “This agreement with the Gotland Company confirms Austal is ready to finalize the design, ready for construction, of a new 130 meter, hydrogen powered, high-speed catamaran that is yet another pathway forward to net zero emissions.”
“Austal has developed vessel designs optimised for various fuel and propulsion technologies, including hydrogen and electricity, that offer a real choice to operators of high speed craft. We look forward to working with the Gotland Company to finalise an exciting new design of the highest standards.”
