Norway’s HAV Design has won a contract to design and develop four newbuild, zero-emission autonomous ferries for ferry operator Fjord1. To be built at Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard, they will operate on the Lavik–Oppedal ferry route that crosses the Sognefjord, on the northwest coast of Norway, a 20 minute, 5.6 kilometer crossing.
Each 120-meter long vessel will have a capacity of 399 passengers and crew and 120 passenger cars.
Fjord1 was selected to operate the route by the Norwegian Road Authority,...