Enormous ship en route to pick up world's largest electric ferry
The 217-metre-long heavy-lift vessel Black Marlin will deliver a Tasmanian shipbuilder's new electric ferry to South America, after the previous transporter became caught up in the Strait of Hormuz closure.
MV Black Marlin is a 217-metre-long heavy-lift transport ship. (Supplied: Dockwise/Boskalis)
Heavy-lift transport ship MV Black Marlin is en route from South Africa to Hobart to pick up Incat's new battery-electric powered ferry.
The ferry, the world's largest electric-powered vessel, will operate along a route between Argentina and Uruguay.
Incat chairman Robert Clifford says updates will be provided on the heavy-lift vessel's progress as it heads towards Tasmania.
A 217-metre-long heavy-lift ship has been secured to transport the world's largest electric vessel from Hobart's River Derwent to South America.
Hull 096, a battery-electric-powered catamaran capable of transporting up to 2,100 passengers, was completed by Hobart-based ship builder Incat in May last year.
It was built for South American ferry company Buquebus to service the Rio de la Plata route between Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay and Buenos Aires in Argentina.
Described as a landmark in sustainable shipping by Incat when it was built, the 130-metre-long ferry is equipped with more than 5,000 batteries that will allow the ferry to run for 90 minutes.
The 130-metre-long ferry has a capacity for 2,100 passengers and 225 vehicles, and is powered by more than 5,000 batteries. (ABC News: Mitchell Woolnough)
It underwent sea trials in January, and was ready to ship to South America by April, but has faced logistical delivery issues after the original heavy-lift vessel booked to transport the ship became stuck in the Persian Gulf due to the US-Iran conflict.
Now another vessel, the 217-metre-long and 42-metre-wide transport ship MV Black Marlin, has been secured to transport the electric ferry, dubbed China Zorrilla after the Uruguayan actress, from Hobart's River Derwent.
Incat chairman Robert Clifford said Black Marlin was currently off the South African coast, and, pending refuelling and a stopover in Melbourne, could be expected in Hobart as early as mid-July.
Bob Clifford says the arrival of the heavy-lift vessel marks a major step in the "groundbreaking" shipbuilding project. (ABC News: Ebony ten Broeke)
"Very few people ever get the chance to see an operation like this up close," Mr Clifford said.
Enormous heavy-lift transport ships like Black Marlin are used to transport large marine vessels and cargo, as well as structures as large as oil platforms and drilling rigs.
"There are probably half a dozen of them that are suitable around the world, but it's a matter of getting one at the right time," Mr Clifford said.
The logistics and execution of the carefully planned load
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