MS ''Color Hybrid'' is a
cruiseferry owned and operated by
Color Line on their route between
Sandefjord
Sandefjord () is a city and the most populous municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838. The municipality of Sandar was merged into Sandefjord on 1 January 1969. On 1 ...
in
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
and
Strömstad in
Sweden
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. The largest
plug-in diesel-electric
hybrid vessel in the world, she entered service in August 2019.
History
Color Line signed a letter of intent with Norwegian shipbuilder
Ulstein Verft for the construction of ''Color Hybrid'' in January 2017. The order was confirmed the following month, and construction began with a steel-cutting ceremony on 14 July at the
CRIST
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shipyard in
Gdynia, Poland. On 16 April 2018, the ship's keel, built from 14 modules, was completed, with work in Poland to complete the hull continuing into October, when it was towed to
Ulsteinvik for outfitting. In early November, ''Color Hybrid''
's hull reached the shipbuilding hall in Ulsteinvik, where construction continued until her delivery in mid-2019.
After the delivery to Color Line in 2019, ''Color Hybrid'' has replaced on the route between Sandefjord, Norway and Strömstad, Sweden.
Her hybrid propulsion system allows her to operate under battery power in the coastal areas outside of Sandefjord. The total travel time is 2.5 hours, the batteries would allow up to one hour of electric travel.
Design
''Color Hybrid'' was built to a
Fosen Yard
Fosen is a traditional district in Trøndelag, consisting of the municipalities Osen, Roan Åfjord, Ørland, Indre Fosen, Orkland, Heim, Hitra and Frøya. The district is dominated by forested valleys, lakes, coastal cliffs but also shallow ...
design, and measures long, with a capacity of up to 2,000 passengers and 500 vehicles, personnel on board is 100.
When delivered, she will be the largest plug-in hybrid vessel in the world.
She is powered primarily by four
Bergen Marine
Bergen Engines AS is a diesel and gas engine manufacturer based in Bergen, Norway.
On 31 December 2021, Langley Holdings completed the acquisition of Bergen Engines AS in Norway from Rolls-Royce PLC. The Bergen Engines group employs almost 950 ...
B33:45L diesel engines driving, supplemented by 5
MWh
A kilowatt-hour (unit symbol: kW⋅h or kW h; commonly written as kWh) is a unit of energy: one kilowatt of power for one hour. In terms of SI derived units with special names, it equals 3.6 megajoules (MJ). Kilowatt-hours are a common bil ...
Siemens
Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational conglomerate corporation and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe headquartered in Munich with branch offices abroad.
The principal divisions of the corporation are ''Industry'', '' ...
batteries weighing 65t that can power the ship for up to an hour.
The battery system is charged via shore power at Sandefjord and from on-board generators driven by the diesel engines.
See also
*
Largest ferries of Europe
References
External links
Color Line official website
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Ferries of Norway
Cruiseferries
Ships built in Gdynia
Color Line (ferry operator)
Merchant ships of Norway