Passenger ship for regular service in the Hanseatic city of Rostock
Press contact:
Wenzel Teggatz
Marketing
T: +49 3831 27 52 35
E: wenzel.teggatz@ostseestaal.com
Ostseestaal GmbH & Co. KG
An der Werft 17
D-18439 Stralsund
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Project details
The new electric solar passenger ferry is intended for use in Rostock's city harbour, where it will shuttle between Kabutzenhof and Gehlsdorf over a distance of half a kilometre from mid-2021. The hull of the catamaran will be made of steel. The ferry will transport up to 80 people and 15 bicycles on one trip, fully electric and completely emission-free. The drive power for the two 45 kW rudder propellers is supplied by high-performance batteries, which are charged by a total of 36 solar modules installed on the roof of the ship.
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According to Ingo Schillinger, the manager responsible for Ampereship GmbH, the catamaran designed by Ampereship reaches a maximum speed of 14 km/h, whereby a service speed of 7 to 8 km/h is sufficient to realise the timetable. The use of the environmentally friendly electric solar passenger ferry in inner-city traffic on the Warnow saves up to 36,000 litres of diesel per year.
Facts & figures about the electric solar passenger ferry
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Length: |
21.00 metres |
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Width: |
6.60 metres |
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Service speed: |
7.5 km/h |
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Maximum speed: |
14 km/h |
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Number of passengers: |
80 |
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Number of bicycles: |
15 |
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Solar modules: |
36 (total 10.8 kWp) |
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Battery capacity: |
252 kWh |
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Drive: |
2 x 45 kW rudder propellers |
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CO2 savings: |
approx. 95t / year |