Havila Castor

100-130 m

5-10 MWh

The newbuilds are part of Havila’s contract with Norwegian Ministry of Transport for the construction of four environmentally-friendly vessels that will operate on the Bergen-Kirkenes coastal route. The vessel will have a 6,1MWh battery package onboard.

Corvus ESS specifications:

Name Havila Castor
Owner Havila Kystruten
Integrator Norwegian Electric Systems
Segment Cruise and Ferry
Sub-segment Hybrid Powered Cruise Ships
Vessel type Small and midsize cruise
ESS capacity 6102 kWh
Corvus product Corvus Orca ESS
Delivery year 2020
Ship yard Tersan Shipyard
Ship design Havyard 923
Newbuild/Retrofit Newbuild
Vessel size 124.1 x 22 x 4.6 m
Passenger capacity 640
Gross tonnage 15471
Deadweight tonnage 1000
IMO no 9865582
Area of Operation Norwegian Coast
Sailing route Bergen-Kirkenes
Ship system Hybrid
Bus Voltage 720-1000 VDC
Class DNVGL
Flag state Norway

Estimated annual savings

0 liters

diesel/year saved

0 tons

CO2 emission reduction

Battery operation

Rapid Load Response

Load Levelling

Peak Shaving

Spinning Reserve

Zero Emissions Operations