A newly announced zero-emissions electric ferry is scheduled to launch in 2024, becoming the first to service New York City.
The passenger vessel is the result of a partnership between New York Cruise Lines and Green City Ferries AB (GCF). It will operate on the Hudson River between Brooklyn and Manhattan.
The Beluga24 catamaran, developed by GCF, will have a capacity of 147 passengers. It will also feature a carbon-fiber construction with a rugged, foil-assisted Teknicraft design that results with a low-wake signature in high speed.
Other features include a BAE Systems driveline, Echandia power management, Toshiba batteries and HamiltonJet high-speed waterjets.
New York Water Taxi will operate the ferry for NYU Langone Health, running all day between Manhattan’s East Side and Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
We can’t wait to thrill our passengers with this ultra-luxurious, zero-emission experience, and together change the public perception on how ferries can improve lives in our city and around the world
Craig Kanarick, CEO of New York Cruise Lines, said.
The newbuild will be GCF’s first commercial deployment in the United States, following on the heels of the first Beluga24, which is currently scheduled to enter service in Stockholm, Sweden in early 2023.
