Ordered by ferry company, Buquebús, South America, the new 130-metre ferry will be the world’s largest zero-emissions, lightweight catamaran ferry, and powered by a battery electric propulsion system and waterjets from Wärtsilä.

Incat’s long-term South American customer, Buquebús will operate the ferry between Argentina and Uruguay. It will have the capacity to carry 2,100 passengers and 225 vehicles, as well as a 2,000-square-metres Duty Free shop on board.

As the world’s largest battery-electric Ro-Pax ferry, it will be 100 percent battery electric.  The energy storage system (ESS) battery storage at over 40MWh will be four times larger than any battery installation that has been constructed and installed anywhere in the world for the marine transport environment.

The batteries power a series of E-motors which drive the water jet propulsion system.  The electrical system integration is by Wärtsilä and ESS by Corvus Energy.