Electric hydrofoil vessel to return to Belfast in latest blow to £15m project

Ferry fiasco as electric hydrofoil ferry contract awarded by UK Government and Orkney Council is ‘beset by issues’ and lasts only one year before ‘latest delay’ and safety concerns means return to builder for ‘upgrades’ to ‘alarm systems’

Needless to say the BBC Scotland report on this plays the whole thing down and makes no accusations at all: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgpj13p5x1o The Orcadian is less restrained, with: Electric hydrofoil vessel to return to Belfast in latest blow to £15m project. Just over a year since electric hydrofoil ferry, Zevi 1, arrived in Orkney, the vessel is now to return to Belfast in the latest delay to the £15 million project to cut marit…

Electric hydrofoil vessel to return to Belfast in latest blow to £15m project

Just over a year since electric hydrofoil ferry, Zevi 1, arrived in Orkney, the vessel is now to return to Belfast in the latest delay to the £15 million project to cut maritime carbon emissions. It has emerged this week that Zevi 1 will undergo a “system upgrade” at a facility in Belfast owned by its developers, Artemis Technologies. It is unclear when the vessel will arrive back in Orkney — with the project partners now working to agree a “sui…