Implementation of Zero Emission Fast Shortsea Shipping

The paper describes the implementation of state-of-the-art ""Industry 4.0"" methods and tools, a holistic ship design optimization and modular production methods, as well as advanced battery technologies to enable a fully electrical, fast zero-emission waterborne urban transport. The design of a fast catamaran passenger ferry demonstrator planned for operation as a waterborne shuttle in the Stavanger/Norway area and of a replicator for operation at Thames River/London are elaborated, including infrastructural issues for their operation. The presented research is in the frame of the H2020 funded project "TrAM - Transport: Advanced and Modular" (www.tramproject.eu)