“Flying” electric ferry is officially a big hit in Stockholm

Candela P-12 Shuttle, an electric ferry with hydrogliders that cuts travel time by practically half and reduces emissions by up to 94%.

The new transport is called Candela P-12 Shuttle. It’s a electric ferry with hydroglidersit looks like a “flying”.

According to the company responsible, Candela, it is the fastest electric passenger vessel of the world; reaches the 25 knotsnearly 46 km/h.

Computer-controlled, it has wing-shaped carbon fiber fins; They are mounted under the hull and generate lift as the boat gains speed, raising it above the water’s surface.

In practice, there is less contact with water – with less resistance, it travels faster, navigates more smoothly and consumes much less energy: long distances and high speeds using only battery power.

On board there is a computer system which constantly adjusts, in real time, the angle of the fins. There are sensors to keep the vessel stable while “flying” over the water.

This new vessel still creates much smaller wave wakes than conventional ferries. Smaller waves they are synonymous with faster and more comfortable travel – and less bank erosion and environmental disruption.

Still on the environment, the noise: the ferry is as silent as a car traveling at 45 km/h and is practically inaudible from 25 meters away.

The Candela P-12 Shuttle is traveling in the capital of Sweden, more specifically between the suburb of Ekerö and the center of Stockholm. A trip took 55 minutes and now it has practically reached half, around 30 minutes.

It became an alternative adopted by many Swedes, who left the relatively slow journeys and infrequent departures of river transport around the 14 islands. The number of passengers on the Ekerö line increased by 22.5%.

This “flying” electric ferry reduces carbon dioxide emissions by up to 94%reveals a study. The comparison was made with diesel vessels.

It started running about a year ago, and now the Swedish Transport Administration has declared the project a great success, highlights the.

It could be a paradigm shift in local river transport.

And there is no speed limit on Stockholm’s waterways: 25 knots is double the usual limit of 12 knots.