23-07-2025
Incat signs deal to build two electric ferries bound for Denmark
Incat has just signed the biggest contract in the company's history, according to founder and chair Robert Clifford, for two electric ferries bound for Denmark.
The ships are 129-metres long and hold approximately 500 cars and 1,400 passengers each.
Speaking on Hobart Breakfast, Clifford claims that the need for electric vehicles will continue to grow, and while building them in Tasmania will be possible, it will require training more people.
"There's very very few people in the world that have the skill to build aluminium ships. ... The expertise in the major shipyards is just not there.
"No doubt we can do it here. There will be limits ... but we certainly can build up to multiple numbers, five to ten times larger than we are today."
Incat is currently building electric ferries at Prince of Wales Bay, but are planning new facilities at Sorell Creek where they hope to build four ships per year.
