The shipyards of the Armón Vigo Group launched for Baleària the first electric ferry baptized with the name 'Cap de Barbaria' that will operate on the Ibiza-Formentera line.
On Wednesday afternoon, the "Armón Vigo V138" was launched at the Group's shipyards at around 5:00 p.m., supported by some vessels and the SANMARTIN tugboat from Romolcanosa and the mooring boatmen from the port of Vigo of the Botamavi company. the Perin and Rada Primero, a very good launching maneuver into the sea was carried out by the personnel in charge of this delicate maneuver that always requires being very attentive when lowering the gigantic blocks with their steel cable and always attentive by those responsible of the shipyard so that everything goes perfectly and without incident.
This fantastic state-of-the-art Ferry with all the technological advances will be prepared to become a test laboratory for the use of green hydrogen in the future. The ship is 83 meters long and 15.5 meters wide. The electric ferry has a double ended design and will be able to transport 14 trucks and 350 passengers and 75 cars with a propulsion of two engines of 1140 kW each, which will give it a cruising speed of over 14 knots.