Battery-Powered Car Ferry
The world’s first Electric car ferry was launched in Norway, carrying 360 passengers on quiet and clean ferry trips, powered by battery alone. The world’s first large, all-electric car ferry is a 100% battery driven aluminium catamaran. The 80-meter-long vessel is able to carry 120 cars…
Cavotec connects Asia’s first e-ferry to electrical power
Our innovative charging technologies have connected Asia’s first e-ferry to electrical power, eliminating emissions and dramatically reducing operating costs, and highlighting Cavotec’s leading position in this increasingly important segment. The retrofitted passenger ferry, which operates between the island of Cijian and the port of Kaohsiung in Taiwan and that entered…
Automated mooring helps make Salalah fastest riser in One Hundred Ports survey
The Port of Salalah climbed 17 places in the One Hundred Ports survey published by Lloyd’s List. A performance made possible – in part at least – by the installation of our innovative automated mooring technology, MoorMaster. The annual study provides a comprehensive overview of how the world’s container…
World’s first combined induction transfer and automated mooring system successfully tested with hybrid ferry
Cavotec, together with group of industrial partners, has made history with the world’s first successful testing of a combined wireless induction charging and automated mooring system with a hybrid passenger ferry. The new wireless charging system, developed by Wärtsilä in partnership with Cavotec, is based on inductive power transfer. We provide the…