marine-farge

Elisa Foltyn
2021-10-25T17:13:32+02:00
Motion Arena
Baum��ller

Hybrid ferry with Baum��ller drive system

Environmentally Friendly Across the Weser River

Diesel generators and electric motors are a successful combination and the perfect way to achieve more environmental protection and fuel savings. On the new ferry Farge, which transports vehicles and people across the Weser near Bremen, there is such a hybrid drive system that ensures significant fuel savings, minimal emissions and an improved maneuverability.

Tunnel or ferry? That is the question that car and truck drivers near Bremen have to ask themselves every day. Traffic jams and construction work meant that more and more vehicles, including heavy semi trucks, were crossing the Weser by ferry than through the tunnel. It is a reason for the operator of the ferry company F?hrgesellschaft Bremen-Stedingen (FBS) to be happy and ultimately a reason for the new construction of a ferry for transport between Berne in Lower Saxony and the Bremen district of Farge. The result is an efficient and environmentally-friendly ship with a previously unique drive system, with which the FBS not only meets current environmental requirements, but even significantly exceeds them. The ferry is the first hybrid passenger and vehicle ferry in this size class in Germany. The FBS is thus assuming a pioneering role in terms of innovative environmentally-friendly ferries.

Facts and figures about the Farge:

Length: 59m

Width: 14m

Maximum speed: 14 km/h

Capacity: 32-34 passenger cars, 6 semis, up to 249 people, 200 tons

Maximum vehicle weight: 60 t

Costs: EUR 5.4 Mio.

Government fund: EUR 302,000

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