Scandlines has christened their newest hybrid ferry, the M/V Berlin.
The company has been driving an ambitious environmental strategy in recent years. This new ferry, equipped with a diesel electric hybrid propulsion system powered by a Corvus Energy ESS (Energy Storage System), will join the world’s largest fleet of hybrid ferries.
In fact, the M/V Berlin is the fifth Scandlines hybrid ferry to utilise a Corvus ESS.
This particular hybrid ferry is 169.5m long and 25.4m wide, providing double the capacity for vehicles (460 cars or 96 transport trucks).
The main engines provide an output of 15,800kW, of which 6,000kW can come from the Corvus ESS. When consumption is lower, excess energy is stored in the Corvus ESS. This energy is then released when consumption is higher than generator production.
The ferry also uses an optimised propulsion system consisting of propellers and two thrusters. Various other energy-saving solutions have been installed on the ferry, such as LED lighting throughout the interior and variable-frequency control.
Four scrubbers for SOx emission removal have been installed on the ferry and it was designed with a hull that is optimised for the sea depths between Rostock and Gedser using advanced CFD (computational fluid dynamics) calculations.
This new hybrid ferry will service the crossing between Rostock, Germany and Gedser, Denmark.
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