Island Aurora

70-100 m

500-1000 kWh

The Island-class ferries are a series of six next-generation hybrid-electric vessels being built for Canadian operator BC Ferries. The new battery-powered vessels are intended to offer inter-island ferry services between Vancouver Island and Vancouver in Canada’s British Columbia province. The ships will improve service frequency and increase passenger capacity, while reducing vehicle line-ups and emissions. The company intends to operate the vessels as all-electric ferries using clean energy upon the availability of an effective electric charging technology. The ships will be operated using on-board low-sulphur diesel hybrid system in the meantime.

Corvus ESS specifications:

Name	Island Aurora
Owner	BC Ferries
Integrator	van der Leun
Segment	Cruise and Ferry
Sub-segment	Electric and Hybrid Ferries
Vessel type	Car Ferry
ESS capacity	813 kWh
Corvus product	Corvus Orca ESS
Delivery year	2019
Ship yard	Damen Shipyard Gorinchem, Damen Galati Shipyard
Ship design	Damen 8117 E3
Newbuild/Retrofit	Newbuild
Vessel size	81 m x 17 m x 5,7 m
Passenger capacity	300-450
Car capacity	44
Gross tonnage	2277
Deadweight tonnage	334
IMO no	9831763
Area of Operation	British Columbia, Canada
Sailing route	Port McNeill - Alert Bay - Sointula
Sailing distance	14 km + 12 km + 10 km
Crossing time	45 min. + 35 min. + 25 min.
Ship system	Hybrid
Bus Voltage	640-900
Class	BV
Flag state	Canada