Fjord1 will operate duck Lote with emissions-free ferries – Sunnmørsposten

NPRA has awarded Fjord 1 contract for ferry service Anda Lote for the period 2018 to 2027, with an opportunity to extend the contract for one year.

– We are very ularly pleased, both with the competition even offered, victory technical coordinator for the ferry in NPRA Region west, Anders Sæternes in a press release.

First zero emission contract

the competition for ferry service between Anda and Lote is the first regular contest in Norway who have set requirements for ferries with zero and lågutslepp.

Already in June last year announced Minister of Transport Ketil Solvik-Olsen (FRP) that this would be a requirement. He did då he plowed E39 and took the ferry from Lote Anda.

Stadfest Inga about the contract being well been received in Nordfjord:

– I want to congratulate Fjord1 with the contract, and is in particular happy that Fjord1 has honored tender with new, large ferries with zero and lågutsleppsteknologi to go with higher frequency than today total day. This will of filter is great progress for both motorists and climate, says the mayor of Eid Alfred Bjørlo (V) in a press release.

Heil Electric

The eine of dei new ferries will be heil electric, medan the others to go on a combination of electricity and biodiesel, in consequence NPRA.

– This means that the energy of the ferry husbandry can produce and provide added value locally and regionally, in motsetnad to the old fossil technology, victory Bjørlo.

He believes it is in particular interesting that biodiesel en comes in full replacement of the gamaldagse polluting fossil diesel.

-Biodiesel can produce forest, and allows for ein new marketability of local added value from forest that is not in the day. This is an important part of the greenest shift in the economy as Left ivrar for, Alfred Bjørlo who self lane Left his work on Green Growth and new green value creation up to the Left’s national convention in 2015.

20- minute links

Bjørlo trekkjer also mentions that for road users is in particular due to slid across it en becomes 20-minute departures every day from 6:40 o’clock on morgonen to eight in the evening. It will also improve the frequency of evening / night.

The ferries are also designed larger than the current ferry on communications, and brand new when they are seen in the Association in 2018.