Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania has cut steel on the third vessel in a series of four Island Class ferries on order for Canada’s BC Ferries. At the same time, another vessel
Dragos Cojocariu (Damen Galati) and Ovidiu Romaniuc (Bureau Veritas representative) sign offon start of cutting.
Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania has cut steel on the third vessel in a series of four Island Class ferries on order for Canada’s BC Ferries. At the same time, another vessel in the series reached the grand block assembly stage of construction at the shipyard. The vessels, based on Damen’s double-ended 8117 E3 Ferry, will be the first fully electric ferries to sail in the BC Ferries fleet, following previous hybrid-electric Island Class vessels. They will bring the total number of Damen vessels operated by BC Ferries to ten.
BC Ferries’ fully electric vessels are a critical part of the company’s broader strategy to reduce corporate emissions by 2030. The four new electric ferries will contribute to this goal by eliminating approximately 10,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent annually.The ferries carry Damen’s in-house E3 notation,
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