MF Hjellestad

The worlds first single hull aluminum car ferry.

40-70 m

1000-1500 kWh

MF Hjellestad is the world's first single hull commuter ferry built in aluminum - taking up the legacy of the historic innovation "MF Ampere". The low weight places less demands on energy consumtion and makes the ferry able to sail zero emission with less batteries onboard. The ferry will be sailing on a short sailing route to and from an island ouside of Bergen and will be able to bring 16 cars or two 52-ton trucks. The ferry has the latest in energy efficiency and battery technology onboard in addition to biodiesel as supplement.

Corvus ESS specifications:

Name	MF Hjellestad
Owner	Norled
Integrator	Westcon Power and Automation
Segment	Cruise and Ferry
Sub-segment	Electric and Hybrid Ferries
Vessel type	Car Ferry
ESS capacity	1243 kWh
Corvus product	Corvus Orca ESS
Delivery year	2019
Ship yard	Westcon Yard
Ship design	LMG Marin LMG 16 DEH
Newbuild/Retrofit	Newbuild
Vessel size	43.2 x 11.7 m
Passenger capacity	77
Car capacity	16
Gross tonnage	587
IMO no	9857341
Area of Operation	Norway
Sailing route	Hjellestad-Klokkarvik
Sailing distance	10 km
Crossing time	35 min.
Ship system	All-electric
Bus Voltage	790-1100 VDC
Class	DNVGL
Flag state	Norway