MS Color Hybrid

MS Color Hybrid is a cruiseferry owned and to be operated by Color Line on their route between Sandefjord in Norway and Strömstad in Sweden. The largest plug-in diesel/electric hybrid vessel in the world, she entered service in August 2019.

MS Color Hybrid
History
Name: MS Color Hybrid
Owner: Color Line
Port of registry: Norway
Route: Sandefjord—Strömstad
Ordered: 2017
Builder: Ulstein Verft
Yard number: 311
Christened: 23 August 2019
Completed: 2019[1]
In service: 16 August 2019
Identification: IMO number: 9824289
General characteristics
Class and type: Cruiseferry
Tonnage:
  • 27,000 GT
  • 3,258 DWT
Length: 160 m (520 ft)[2]
Draught: 6m
Installed power: Hybrid Rolls-Royce Bergen B33:45L diesels + electric
Speed: 17kn
Capacity:
  • 2,000 passengers
  • 500 vehicles

History

Color Line signed a letter of intent with Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein Verft for the construction of Color Hybrid in January 2017.[3] The order was confirmed the following month,[4] and construction began with a steel-cutting ceremony on 14 July at the CRIST shipyard in Gdynia, Poland.[5] On 16 April 2018, the ship's keel, built from 14 modules, was completed, with work in Poland to complete the hull continuing into October, when it was towed to Ulsteinvik for outfitting.[6] In early November, Color Hybrid's hull reached the shipbuilding hall in Ulsteinvik, where construction continued until her delivery in mid-2019.[7]

After the delivery to Color Line in 2019, Color Hybrid has replaced MS Bohus on the route between Sandefjord, Norway and Strömstad, Sweden.[8] Her hybrid propulsion system allows her to operate under battery power in the coastal areas outside of Sandefjord. The total travel time is 2.5 hours, the batteries would allow up to 1 hour electric travel.[8]

Design

Color Hybrid was built to a Fosen Yard design, and measures 160 metres (520 ft) long, with a capacity of up to 2,000 passengers and 500 vehicles, personnel on board is 100.[8] When delivered, she will be the largest plug-in hybrid vessel in the world.[7] She is powered primarily by four Bergen Marine B33:45L diesel engines driving, supplemented by Siemens batteries weighing 65t that can power the ship for up to an hour.[8][7][9] The battery system will be charged via shore power at Sandefjord or from on-board generators driven by the diesel engines.[7][8]

See also
  • Largest ferries of Europe

References
  1. World's Largest Plug-In Hybrid Vessel Delivered, marine executive, 1 August 2018.
  2. COLOR HYBRID, at ulstein.com, accessed 2019-08-04
  3. "Ulstein Verft to Build the World's Largest Hybrid Ferry". World Maritime News. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  4. "Update: Deal Signed for Construction of World's Largest Hybrid Ferry". World Maritime News. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  5. "First Steel Cut for Color Line's Hybrid Ferry". World Maritime News. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  6. "Ulstein Starts Assembling World's Largest Battery-Hybrid Ship". World Maritime News. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  7. "Color Hybrid: construction starts". Passenger Ship Technology. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  8. "Color Hybrid Ferry". Ship Technology. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  9. "Rolls-Royce's Engines to Power The World's Largest Hybrid Ferry". World Maritime News. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
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