The ferries are ready for automated docking and charging at quay. The Echandia vitality storage programs will likely be totally charged in 20-25 minutes.
Two new all-electric RoPax ferries on order at Cemre Shipyard in Turkey for Denmark’s Molslinjen A/S may have Echandia vitality storage options.
Designed by OSK-ShipTech A/S, the double-ended ferries may have a capability of 600 passengers, and 188 automobiles and a complete size of 116.8 meters. They will serve on two routes – Alslinjen (Bøjden-Fynshav) and Samsølinjen (Ballen-Kalundborg) — awarded to Molslinjen in August.
The electrical system is designed to supply redundancy in any case of failure. Each ferry will likely be outfitted with 4 steerable thrusters pushed by everlasting magnet motors. There will likely be 4 back-up mills, every rated at 493 ekW and fueled by hydrogenated vegetable oil. In regular operations, solely the battery system will provide the required energy.
Echandia says the selection of its system was made primarily based on a considerably decrease whole value of possession mixed with its security options and low weight.
“Echandia battery systems have a high degree of utilization of installed capacity, which results in an overall system size and weight that few competing systems can match,” says the corporate. “As a further benefit, this results in a considerably smaller carbon footprint.
“The total cost of ownership, combined with the products high level of safety and low weight were key factors in selecting Echandia as battery supplier. In addition, choosing a system with longer lifetime makes perfect sense from a sustainability perspective,” says Ole Berg-Hansen, chief engineer at Molslinjen
In the previous, Echandia has efficiently delivered battery programs to the tugboat commuter passenger ferry markets,The contract for the brand new Molslinjen ferries takes Echandia into the market section for bigger RO/RO and ROpax ferries.
“For Echandia, this is a yet another breakthrough. Molslinjen is showing the way, and we believe that many other operators will follow their example in the future,” says Echandia CEO Fredrik Hellström. “For us, the deal means a step towards supplying larger passenger ferries where weight, total cost and safety are important aspects.”
