Damen said it signed a contract with the City of Toronto in Canada for the delivery of two fully electric ferries. The vessels will be built at the company’s shipyard in Galaţi, Romania, using a design produced by Quebec-based Concept Naval.

The ferries will be 50 meters long with a maximum beam of 13 meters. One of them will transport passengers and vehicles, and the other passengers and bicycles. 

They will operate between the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal in downtown Toronto and the Toronto Islands, a major tourist destination located in a high-traffic area close to the shores of Lake Ontario.

“Damen is building the Toronto Ferries at its Galati yard in Romania, to a design produced by Quebec-based Concept Naval. The naval architect company has developed the vessel design over the last two years in close cooperation with both the client and with Damen,” reads the press release.

Damen’s Product Director Ferries Henk Grunstra said: “The City of Toronto is taking a big step forward for reduced emissions public transport with these new ferries. Fully electric vessels represent an ideal solution for a short route such as this one, within easy reach of charging infrastructure.”

The Toronto Ferries will be the 23rd and 24th ferries that Damen has delivered to Canada in the last ten years.

With an area of 55 hectares and approximately 1,700 employees, Damen Shipyards Galaţi is one of the largest production units of the Dutch Damen Group, which operates 36 shipbuilding and repair yards worldwide.

irina.marica@romania-insider.com

(Photo source: Damen.com)