Newbuilds & Orders
Torghatten Nord names the electric ferries Seiland and Vargsund
Torghatten Nord held a naming ceremony in Hammerfest on 6 November 2026 for the electric ferries Seiland and Vargsund. Shippax reported on 9 November that the 49-metre, 467 GT catamarans were built by Oma Baatbyggeri and will serve Klokkarøy–Kjerringholmen and Korsfjord–Nyvoll.
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Shippax reported on 9 November 2026 that Torghatten Nord held a formal naming ceremony in Hammerfest on 6 November for the newbuild ferries Seiland and Vargsund. The two 49-metre, 467 GT all-electric conventional catamaran ferries were built by Oma Baatbyggeri.
Seiland and Vargsund are the first electric ferries to enter service in Finnmark, and are believed to be the world’s northernmost electric powered ferries. They will serve the Klokkarøy–Kjerringholmen and Korsfjord–Nyvoll routes, where winter temperatures can fall to -25°C. Norway’s Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy Marianne Sivertsen Næss served as godmother to Seiland. Olympic ski jumping champion Anna Odine Strøm served as godmother to Vargsund.
Seiland and Vargsund, yard numbers 552 and 553, are a further development of Oma Baatbyggeri’s first hybrid-electric ferry, yard number 540, which was delivered as Kinsarvik in 2019. Torghatten’s contract to operate the two routes runs for ten years.