HAV Design to design zero-emission autonomous ferry quartet for Fjord1

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,...

https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/ferries/hav-design-to-design-zero-emission-autonomous-ferry-quartet-for-fjord1/

Electric ferry pioneer Fjord1 to have new owners

Norway’s largest ferry operator, Fjord1, is to come under new ownership. Netherlands based DIF Capital Partners and French based EDF Invest are to acquire the electric ferry pioneer from Vision Ridge Partners and the Saevik family’s Havila Holding. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

When we last reported on Fjord1, it was with the news that the Norwegian Public Roads Administration had officially notified the company that it had been selected to develop and operate a next-generation...

https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/ferries/electric-ferry-pioneer-fjord1-to-have-new-owners/

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