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DIF Capital Partners and EDF Invest to acquire leading Norwegian electric ferry operator Fjord1 from Vision Ridge Partners and Havila Holding
DIF Capital Partners (via its DIF Infrastructure VII fund), and EDF Invest (the investment arm of the EDF Group in real assets) have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Fjord1, the largest owner and operator of ferries in Norway. The …
Oct 31, 2023 / Finance
Havyard Leirvik AS wins modification contract
The shipyard in Leirvik in Sogn has won a contract with Fjord1 for modification of the car ferry MF Lote. The ferry will operate the route Skarberget–Bognes over the Tysfjord in Nordland county, and zero-emission ferries was one of the conditions for …
Jul 6, 2021 / Vessels
NES strengthens its position as world leading system integrator for zero-emission ferries
In addition to many delivered ferries the last years, Norwegian Electric Systems (NES) has recently completed the delivery of 5 zero emission propulsion systems to Fjord1 ferries outfitted at Havyard Ship Technology shipyard in Sogn, Norway.These …
Aug 19, 2020 / Curious
World’s largest all-electric ferry completes its maiden trip
Ferries are rapidly adopting electric powertrains as the first few all-electric ferries in operation are proving to be doing an excellent job. Now we’ve learned of a new all-electric ferry, reportedly the world’s largest all-electric ferry, …
Aug 23, 2019 / Vessels
Havyard delivers the third battery-run ferry for the Hareid–Sulesund route to Fjord1
Havyard delivered the third battery-run ferry for the Hareid–Sulesund route to Fjord1 yesterday, and the Sulafjord is thereby ready to become a green fjord.In order to deliver ferries with extremely low energy consumption, Havyard has developed …
Mar 20, 2019 / Vessels
Major electrification contract awarded to NES
Norway’s biggest ferry company Fjord1 has chosen Norwegian Electric Systems (NES) to supply the electrical and automation package to be used in the modification of MF Norangsfjord. The modifications are scheduled for the last half of 2019. The ferry …
Feb 26, 2019 / Vessels
Norwegian Electric systems selects Corvus Energy Storage system for five new Fjord1 ferries
Corvus Energy announced yesterday that the company has been selected by Norwegian Electric Systems (NES) to supply lithium ion battery-based energy storage systems (ESS) for five new all-electric ferries being built by Havyard for Norwegian ferry …
Jan 29, 2019 / Curious