VESSEL REVIEW | Medstraum – Electric catamaran ferry for Norway’s Kolumbus

Norwegian shipyard Fjellstrand has completed construction of a new fully electric fast catamaran ferry to be operated locally. The 31-metre-long vessel has been aptly nam ..

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Norway Names World’s First All-electric Fast Boat

  • MS Medstraum, the world’s first fully electric and zero-emission fast ferry, was named at a ceremony in Stavanger, Norway, on 22 September 2022.
  • The vessel is a result of the TrAM project that received funding from the European Union and that was instigated by Maritime CleanTech, led by Kolumbus.

A recent news article published in the Offshore Energy states that World’s first all-electric fast ferry named in Norway.

Naming ceremony

“Medstraum is a shining example of what we can achieve with good...

https://mfame.guru/norway-names-worlds-first-all-electric-fast-boat/

World’s First Zero Emission Ferry Starts Its Construction

  • The construction has commenced on the world’s first fully electric passenger fast ferry.
  • The location is at the Fjellstrand shipyard in Norway.

The construction has commenced on the world’s first fully electric passenger fast ferry at the Fjellstrand shipyard in Norway, partners in the EU-funded TrAM project said, says an article published in Offshore Energy.

Vessel Design

Equipped to carry around 150 passengers, the catamaran vessel will be 31 metres long and will have a nine-metre beam.

It will...

https://mfame.guru/worlds-first-zero-emission-ferry-starts-its-construction/

Establishing new mindsets in ship building: Modularisation can, and should, change the way ships are ordered

Kolumbus

Establishing new mindsets in ship building: Modularisation can, and should, change the way ships are ordered

20 July 2020

In the TrAM project 14 project partners work together to develop a zero-emission fast going passenger vessel through advanced modular production. “Trying to change the industry’s perception of modular and more standardized vessels has been the biggest challenge,” say modular experts Tobias Seidenberg and Christoph Jürgenhake of the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechatronic...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/07/20/establishing-new-mindsets-in-ship-building-modularisation-can-and-should-change-the-way-ships-are-ordered/

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