Color Line signs LOI for world’s largest plug-in hybrid vessel

Color Line and Ulstein Verft have signed a Letter of Intent for the construction of the largest hybrid vessel in the world.

  • The ferry will be powered using batteries when entering sensitive fjord areas
  • The plug-in hybrid vessel will recharge its batteries using electricity from shore facilities or onboard by the ship’s generators.
  • The vessel is planned to service Sandefjord-Strömstad between Norway and Sweden from summer 2019.
  • According to Trond Kleivdal of Color Line, all Color Line Norwegian ports will have shore power facilities.

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