Texelstroom – for TESO

Due to the remote and protected location where the Texelstroom operates, installing an LNG station or other infrastructure wasn’t possible. Nor could the vessel sail all day, every day, in rough seas using electric power and battery operation alone. C-Job therefore performed an operational profile analysis to optimize the vessel according to its business and operational needs.

At the heart of the vessel is a unique hybrid propulsion system, including diesel and dual-fuel engines that run on CNG. Using our risk-based design approach – which follows functional rules rather than prescriptive rules – we analyzed the risks inherent in the use of CNG to deliver a vessel design and engineering solution that mitigated those risks. C-Job’s design philosophy also played an important part in our work with regulators to ensure compliance for this pioneering vessel.

The Texelstroom now operates with an advanced energy management system including energy-efficient azimuth-propellers with nozzles, over 700 integrated solar panels on the top deck, and 1.600kW electric battery capacity. The underwater hull design was basin-tested and optimized using a scale model; while the superstructure aerodynamics were tested and optimized using a scale model in a wind tunnel. C-Job also answered the challenge of carrying capacity with a design that increased car capacity by around 15% compared to the Dr. Wagemaker, without a significant increase in the ferry’s footprint.

Altogether, this creates one of the most environmentally friendly ferries in operation, to align with TESO’s sustainability goals. And theTexelstroom demonstrates C-Job’s unique ability to implement alternative fuels and e-propulsion in the real world.