MF Tidefjord

100-130 m

1500-2000 kWh

The car ferry MF Tidefjord sails on the west coast of Norway on the sailing route Festøya-Solavågen. The ferry was built in 2008 and retrofitted with batteries in 2019 at Westcon Shipyard by Westcon Power and Automation.

Corvus ESS specifications:

Name MF Tidefjord
Owner Norled
Integrator Westcon Power and Automation
Segment Cruise and Ferry
Sub-segment Electric and Hybrid Ferries
Vessel type Car Ferry
ESS capacity 1808 kWh
Corvus product Corvus Orca ESS
Delivery year 2019
Ship yard Westcon Shipyard
Newbuild/Retrofit Retrofit
Vessel size 113.9 x 16.8 x 3.1 m
Passenger capacity 350
Car capacity 120
Gross tonnage 2979
Deadweight tonnage 1050
IMO no 9419204
Area of Operation Norway
Sailing route Jondal-Tørvikbygd
Sailing distance 5 km
Crossing time 20 minutes
Ship system All-electric
Bus Voltage 810-1050 VDC
Class DNVGL
Flag state Norway

Estimated annual savings

50%

Maintenance cost

0 liters

diesel/year saved

0 tons

CO2 emission reduction

Battery operation

Zero Emissions Operations