Sunday, August 14, 2011

First All-Electric Ferry for China by BMT Nigel Gee

Southampton, U.K., based BMT Nigel Gee has won an order to design a 25 m, all-electric, 150 passenger ferry in China. A new green ship design is being developed to demonstrate the practical use of a battery powered ferry in estuarial and coastal waters where marine transportation is a viable alternative to land-based transport. BMT has been tasked with providing the design based on its innovative design capability and its proven low resistance hull form technology which is currently in use in many low wash catamaran ferries. Construction of the vessel will start by the middle of 2011 with trials and delivery by mid-2012.

Source: Marinelog

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