The Octopus Series battery system is installed onboard the new Damen Electric Fast Ferry for AG Reederei Norden-Frisia. The Damen Electric Fast Ferry (EFF) 3209 – known as the E-Cat Ferry for AG Reederei Norden-Frisia will operate fully electric thanks to the Octopus Series High Energy energy storage solution.

With this vessel the green ambitions of the operator have been made a reality. The fast ferry can fully recharge the system in under  30 minutes. It’s not the first collaboration between Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld, Royal Van der Leun and EST-Floattech. Previous succesfull collaborations were two plug-in-hybrid fire fighting vessels.

In the collaboration for Frisia E-Cat I EST-Floattech was involved early in the process, allowing the battery system to be incorporated into the technical drawing of the ferry at the design stage, ensuring that the air-cooled modular battery system was adapted to the spaces on board.

The ferry will operate between Norddeich and the island of Norderney, which required Damen to develop a completely new vessel: the Damen Electric Fast Ferry (EFF) 3209 – known as the E-Cat Ferry. A standard vessel was impossible due to the shallow waters in which the ferry must operate. Secondly, the ferry will sail seven times a day, for which the vessel’s draft is limited to a maximum of 1.2 meters. A challenge for which Damen found a solution.