HURTIGRUTEN Group Managing Director Damian Perry has endorsed the feasibility of the company’s Sea Zero Project, its first zero-emission ship, revealing it is approaching a build commitment.
The ambitious project was countersigned by Perry at a lunch hosted by Hurtigruten in Sydney yesterday, following Chief Executive Officer Hedda Felin’s endorsement to travelBulletin earlier this year, when she said it was “progressing at it should” during her trip to Australia earlier this year.
“This project is motoring along right now, it’s flying, and there [are] all different elements coming together on this…we’re still targeting 2030 to build our first zero-emissions ship…it is feasible,” Perry said.
“There’s been more and more development lately about the fins, the sails, the solar power, the battery solutions.
“We have so many ports where we can also charge as we go along the coast with battery shore power…we’re getting very, very close to getting to that stage where we commit to build, which is very exciting.”
