Helsingborg, Sweden-headquartered Öresundlinjen, a subsidiary of Denmark’s Molslinjen, is to convert its double ended car ferry MF Hamlet to emissions-free battery operation. The 1967-built vessel, which has a capacity for 1,000 passengers
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Helsingborg, Sweden-headquartered Öresundlinjen, a subsidiary of Denmark’s Molslinjen, is to convert its double ended car ferry MF Hamlet to emissions-free battery operation. The 1967-built vessel, which has a capacity for 1,000 passengers and about 250 cars, operates on the three nautical mile route between Helsingør, Denmark, and Helsingborg, Sweden.
The decision to upgrade the Hamlet has brought Kongsberg Maritime a major contract.
The primary goals of the project include achieving zero emissions, enabling full electric operation with batteries, and having mechanical propulsion redundancy. The ferry will utilize high-voltage charging in port, taking only 8-12 minutes, and low-voltage charging via gensets as an alternative.
Kongsberg Maritime will be responsible for rebuilding the existing thrusters to electric operation, installing new permanent magnet (PM) motors for each of the four main azimuth thrusters, each rated at 1,530 kW. Additionally, Kongsberg Maritime will provide a comprehensive energy, automation, and control package, which includes interface to the main switchboard, retrofitting the K-Chief 600
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