The innovative passenger ferry, a composite material dual-hull catamaran designed by Sea Technology, was built at Måløy Shipyard. Catering to the diverse transport needs of the area, the ferry facilitates the transportation of passengers, cars, bicycles, and kayaks, emphasizing accessibility through its universal design. With a length of 31 meters and a width of 11 meters, it accommodates up to 147 passengers, seamlessly integrating functionality with capacity.
For this project, SEAM delivered a suite of state-of-the-art systems and solutions, ensuring optimal operational efficiency and environmental compliance. In addition, a state-of-the-art Megawatt Charging System charging tower was developed. To produce this high-power charging solution, SEAM worked closely with Brødrene Aa - a reliable partner from previous development projects. During the spring and summer, SEAM will deliver six MCS charging towers to Norled's vessels in Skjærhalden, Bodø and Florø.
Using the Mega Charging System standard as a framework, the new charging tower allows for high power capacity charging, designed to deliver significant amounts of power to quickly recharge the vessel batteries. SEAM has used Huber+Suhner as a supplier of cables and cooling units.
This is one of the first Megawatt Charging System (MCS) charging towers for fully electric and hybrid-electric vessels in the world. During the spring SEAM will deliver six such towers, distributed among Norled's vessels at Skjærhalden, Bodø and Florø.
The aim was to deliver a simple and highly efficient charging tower. Cable handling is carried out manually from the vessel, and the towers compensate for high and low tides, which is particularly important in northern areas of Norway.
Each tower is equipped with two plugs and is designed to deliver up to 2x1500kW per plug - a total of 3000kW per tower. The charger for each space is sized according to need/available power.
MS Torine is equipped with the e-SEAMatic® BLUE package, including e-SEAMatic® IAS and e-SEAMatic® EPMS for integrated automation and power management, and the e-SEA® Drive and e-SEA® Switchboard for enhancing propulsion and electrical distribution.
The passenger ferry is a fully operational battery-electric solution, which can also operate in hybrid mode and in a diesel-electric mode.
Built for Norled, MS Torine will transport passengers in the Hvaler archipelago in Østfold. The passenger ferry is the first of Norled’s vessels named after a person. The vessel honors Nilsine Torine Madsen, the first woman elected to the local council of Hvaler in 1913, the same year women gained the right to vote in Norway. A female pioneer local to Hvaler, now honored by Norled’s newbuild MS Torine.
For this vessel, SEAM has delivered:
e-SEAMatic® IAS
e-SEAMatic® EPMS
e-SEA® Drive
e-SEA® Switchboard
Electric propulsion motor(s)
Grid transformers
Shore connection transformer
Battery system
Megawatt Charging System
