COLOR HYBRID,

“We have focused on saving weight at all stages of the project.”

Robin Tomren, Project director Color Line for COLOR HYBRID

The ship has been conceived by Fosen Ulstein Design and Engineering (FUDE), on behalf of Fosen Yard. Saving energy has from the beginning been of paramount importance to the design process.

One of the important issues was to have the best possible fire-resistant, sound- and thermal- insulation for the vessel, without losing efficiency through weight issues. “Saving weight through the insulation is important because this is placed high up in the ship. Weight reduction higher up improves stability. This increases the loading capacity even more than the weight reduction would indicate. It also saves on fuel. But there are so many factors involved that it’s difficult to give a concrete figure of how much is saved,” says Tomren.

The insulation was provided by GLAVA®, a Norwegian company specialised in all kinds of insulation. For COLOR HYBRID, they used products from the ‘U seaprotect’ range from Isover.

Compared to traditional mineral wool insulation, a 40% reduction in weight has been achieved, claims the company on its website.

Color Line’s project director Robin Tomren sees a threefold better thermal insulation between inside and outside, compared to previous ship.

COLOR HYBRID also has a 5MWh heat reservoir, which stores waste heat originating from the cooling water and the exhausts. It is sufficient to heat the ship 24 hours a day. Some waste heat is being used for the greenhouse on the upper deck. It is a real greenhouse, where herbs are being grown for the ship’s galleys.

Another unique solution has been created by using the vessel’s heeling-tanks also as a storage for hot water.

Together with an optimal hull design, all combined efforts have led to a reduction of 33% of CO2, compared with a ro-pax of a similar size. The consumption of (fossil) fuel has also been lowered by 20%.

Source: Glava

“Creating The Best Travel Experience”

Cecilia Kinnison, Interior Architect & Managing Director, Kinnison Design AB, Sweden

“Being a day ferry catering to the tax-free trade between Norway and Sweden it was imperative that the logistics and shopping and catering areas were forefront in the design. Having 2,000 passengers and 500 cars on a 2,5-hour crossing required this,” says Cecilia Kinnison, Interior Architect & Managing Director, Kinnison Design AB, Sweden

She explains the two main underlying ideas on COLOR HYBRID.

“One is the achievement of a feeling of openness and ‘borderless-ness.’ It means no doors to public spaces, just openness and ease of transition, so that everyone feels welcome. This, combined with tall panorama windows to give an ‘infinity effect’ to the outside adds to the sense of light and spaciousness.”

“The second main idea was to create a general arrangement with an interior-exterior that encourages the passengers to have a sense that they can move freely on all four passenger decks (6-7-8-9) with integrated ‘exclamation points’ within the spaces that create personality and hopefully encourage a sense of pride on the part of the passengers and crew.”

“Each public space is a destination offering something unique. The goal was to create memorable, modern interiors for Color Hybrid. She was meant to feel like the younger sister in the fleet yet retain certain maritime elements typical of Color Line,” Cecilia Kinnison concludes.