World’s First Electric Ferry Marks a Decade of Operations

The MF Ampere, the world’s first fully electric ferry, is celebrating 10 years of successful operations in Norway’s Sognefjord.

Designed and built by Fjellstrand Shipyard in 2015, the vessel has demonstrated the viability of electric maritime transport, covering a distance equivalent to 17 times around the equator using battery power alone.

“Since 2015, the Ampere has crossed the Sognefjord more than 124,000 times and proven that electrical vessels are both economical and sustainable,” said Fredrik Witte, CEO of Corvus Energy, which supplied the vessel’s 1,090 kWh electric storage system …