Herjólfur (ship, 2019)
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The Herjólfur is an Icelandic car ferry that went into service in 2019 and operates between the Icelandic south coast and Heimaey on Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands) and the fourth ferry in a row to bear this name. It has a hybrid drive and is to run fully electric in the future.
history
It had been planned for a long time to replace the third Herjólfur from 1992 with a new ship, originally in connection with the planning of the new port Landeyjahöfn on the Icelandic south coast (opened in 2010). This is less suitable for the old Herjólfur due to its depth and could usually not be used by it in winter. However, due to Iceland's financial crisis in 2008-2011 , the procurement of a new ship was delayed. The procurement plans were also controversial; Among other things, the demand was made to improve Landeyjahöfn first, since the port in its current state could not always have been called by the new ferry. In a survey of the residents of the Westman Islands from February / March 2016, around 87% were in favor of this demand. In connection with this, doubts were expressed about the suitability of the new ferry for the further route to Þorlákshöfn, which is used as an alternate port.
The ship engineering office Polarkonsult from Harstad carried out the design of the ship to be built . In autumn 2016, the Norwegian shipyard Fiskerstrand, which had won the tender for the construction of the new ferry, surprisingly withdrew. As a result, a contract was signed with the Polish Crist shipyard in January 2017 . The new ferry should originally have delivered this in summer 2018. After delays, she finally arrived on the Westman Islands in June 2019. The reason was, among other things, a dispute between the Icelandic road administration Vegagerðin , which acted as the client, and the shipyard, which claimed additional costs. At the end of May 2019, this dispute was settled with a compromise.
On June 15, 2019, the new Herjólfur was officially handed over in the port of Heimaey on the Westman Islands. Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir carried out the christening of the ship . On June 25, the ship sailed to Landeyjahöfn for the first time. Regular passenger traffic began one month later, on July 25, 2019.
technology
The Herjólfur , with its hybrid drive , electrically powered to operate in the situation. Since facilities for charging the batteries in the ports still have to be built, the ferry will initially be used diesel-electric . Even after the planned fully electric operation has started, this will always be the case when the Herjólfur calls at the more distant alternative port Þorlákshöfn . Since January 2020, the batteries in the port of Heimaey can be charged, which means that the ferry on the way to Landeyjahöfn can run fully electrically. In the other direction, however, this is not yet the case as of the end of May 2020, as the construction of the plants in Landeyjahöfn has been further delayed.
The drive takes place by two electrically driven propeller nacelles , each with 1700 kW power . The ship is also equipped with two electrically powered bow thrusters , each with an output of 600 kW. For electricity generation are three of MTU - Diesel engines of the type 12V4000 powered generators with a total of 3700 kW power.
Access to the ro-ro deck is via a bow or stern ramp . The front access is closed with a bulkhead attached behind a bow visor .
Web links
- DNV GL - ship data (English)
- Video of the shipyard of the construction of the Herjólfur
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d PK-259.1 Ferry for Vestmannaeyjar. Polar Consult, accessed June 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Sunna Valgerðardóttir: Nýr Herjólfur byrjar að sigla to mánaðamótin ( Icelandic ) In: ruv.is . Ríkisútvarpið . June 23, 2019. Accessed June 30, 2019.
- ↑ a b Herjólfur IV arrives in Vestmannaeyjar ( English ) Vegagerðin. June 25, 2019. Accessed June 30, 2019.
- ↑ Nýr Herjólfur kæmist ekki í inn höfnina ( Icelandic ) In: ruv.is . Ríkisútvarpið. January 6, 2015. Accessed July 1, 2019.
- ↑ a b Samúel Orn Erlingsson: Vilja Laga höfnina Adur en ný ferja he smíðuð ( Icelandic ) In: ruv.is . Ríkisútvarpið. March 9, 2016. Accessed July 1, 2019.
- ↑ María Sigrún Hilmarsdóttir: Hættu við á síðustu stundu ( Icelandic ) In: ruv.is . Ríkisútvarpið. October 5, 2016. Accessed July 1, 2019.
- ↑ Nýr Herjólfur tilbúinn sumarið 2018 ( Icelandic ) In: Viðskiptablaðið . January 18, 2017. Accessed July 1, 2019.
- ↑ Vegagerðin leitar allra leiða til samninga ( Icelandic ) Vegagerðin. May 6, 2019. Accessed July 1, 2019.
- ↑ Hybrid from CRIST on the way to Iceland ( English ) Crist. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
- ↑ Sólveig Klara Ragnarsdóttir: Jómfrúarferð NYS Herjólfs til Landeyjahafnar ( Icelandic ) In: ruv.is . Ríkisútvarpið . June 25, 2019. Accessed June 30, 2019.
- ↑ Nýr Herjólfur hefur áætlunarsiglingar 25. júlí ( Icelandic ) Vegagerðin. July 24, 2019. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
- ↑ a b Rafvæðing Herjólfs ( Icelandic ) Vegagerðin. August 26, 2019. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
- ↑ New Ferry to Vestmannaeyjar June 15 ( English ) In: Iceland Monitor . mbl.is. June 7, 2019. Accessed June 30, 2019.
- ↑ Höskuldur Daði Magnússon: Herjólfur þarf hen OLIU á heimleiðinni ( Icelandic ) In: mbl.is . Morgunblaðið. May 28, 2020. Accessed July 19, 2020.