100-130 m
1500-2000 kWh
The car ferry MF Tidefjord sails on the west coast of Norway on the sailing route Festøya-Solavågen. The ferry was built in 2008 and retrofitted with batteries in 2019 at Westcon Shipyard by Westcon Power and Automation.
| Name | MF Tidefjord |
| Owner | Norled |
| Integrator | Westcon Power and Automation |
| Segment | Cruise and Ferry |
| Sub-segment | Electric and Hybrid Ferries |
| Vessel type | Car Ferry |
| ESS capacity | 1808 kWh |
| Corvus product | Corvus Orca ESS |
| Delivery year | 2019 |
| Ship yard | Westcon Shipyard |
| Newbuild/Retrofit | Retrofit |
| Vessel size | 113.9 x 16.8 x 3.1 m |
| Passenger capacity | 350 |
| Car capacity | 120 |
| Gross tonnage | 2979 |
| Deadweight tonnage | 1050 |
| IMO no | 9419204 |
| Area of Operation | Norway |
| Sailing route | Jondal-Tørvikbygd |
| Sailing distance | 5 km |
| Crossing time | 20 minutes |
| Ship system | All-electric |
| Bus Voltage | 810-1050 VDC |
| Class | DNVGL |
| Flag state | Norway |
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