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The march toward zero-emission ferry transportation continues, and this time the momentum is coming from the Baltic.<\/p>\n
Estonian State Fleet<\/strong> has signed a contract with Polish shipbuilder CRIST S.A.<\/strong> for the design and construction of what will become Estonia\u2019s first fully electric passenger ferry, a nearly \u20ac50 million investment that underscores how aggressively regional ferry operators are moving to modernize aging fleets while cutting emissions.<\/p>\n Set for delivery in late 2028, the 100-meter vessel will serve the Virtsu\u2013Kuivastu route<\/strong>, a lifeline connection between mainland Estonia and its islands. For Estonia, this is more than a vessel order. It is a strategic infrastructure investment in reliability, resilience and cleaner transportation.<\/p>\n Ferries are not optional in Estonia. They are essential links for commerce, tourism, freight movement and everyday mobility. That reality makes the design brief particularly demanding: zero-emission daily operations, year-round reliability, and the ability to perform in punishing Baltic winter conditions.<\/p>\n That\u2019s where this project gets interesting.<\/p>\n marine link<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The march toward zero-emission ferry transportation continues, and this time the momentum is coming from the Baltic. Estonian State Fleet has signed a contract with Polish shipbuilder CRIST S.A. for the design and construction of what will become Estonia\u2019s first fully electric passenger ferry, a nearly \u20ac50 million investment that underscores how aggressively regional ferry …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[12583,2034,1973,1120,13828,1501,1578],"class_list":["post-80645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-news","tag-estonian","tag-ferry","tag-fleet","tag-hybridelectric","tag-iceclass","tag-orders","tag-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/80646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}