Passenger and road ferries
Operating in sometimes harsh conditions, passenger or road ferries are often the fastest, most sustainable way of ensuring connectivity and availability for commuters. Here are examples of some of the vessels from Työvene.
If you have any questions, or need information about your specific operating conditions – please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Passenger ferries
Eloise
The electric hybrid Eloise is one of currently four sister ships operating in Gothenburg harbor, connecting the island of Hisingen with the city center.
The Västtrafik ferries offer a a sustainable and easy way for pedestrians and cyclists to cross the river, transporting some 2,5 million passengers over the river every year.
| Type | Electric-hybrid double-ended passenger vessel |
| Length (Loa) | 33 metres |
| Width | 8,71 metres |
| Hull | Steel |
| Superstructure | Aluminium |
| Speed | 11 knots |
| Passengers | 298 |
| Bikes | 80 |
| Classification | Swedish Transport Agency, EU Area E |
| Ice class | Swedish-Finnish Ice class 1B |
Viggen
Viggen is an ice-going passenger vessel operated by Ålandstrafiken in the Åland Islands – an archipelago consisting of over 6,500 islands in the Baltic Sea and a Swedish-speaking autonomous province of Finland.
Viggen was built in 1998 and has an onboard café and an elevator between the decks.
| Type | Ice-going passenger vessel |
| Length (Loa) | 53,5 metres |
| Width | 12,25 metres |
| Hull | Steel |
| Superstructure | Aluminium |
| Speed | 13 knots |
| Passengers | 300 |
| Cars | 58 |
| Classification | DNV + 1A1 R3 Car Ferry B, E 0 |
| Ice class | 1A Super |
Road ferries
Braheborg
Braheborg is operated by Trafikverket on the line between Gränna and Visingsö in the lake Vättern, Sweden.
Since the ferry was too big for the locks in Göta kanal, she was transported in close to 40 sections from Uudenkaupungin to Rosendala dry dock in Husqvarna, were she was assembled.
| Type | Double-ended passenger vessel |
| Length (Loa) | 58,3 metres |
| Width | 14 metres |
| Hull | Steel |
| Superstructure | Aluminium |
| Speed | 14 knots |
| Passengers | 397 |
| Cars | 34 |
| Classification | Swedish Transport Agency, Bureau Veritas, EU Area D |
| Ice class | Swedish-Finnish Ice class 1B |
Nämdö
Nämdö is an ice-going passenger vessel operating in the Stockholm archipelago for Vaxholmsbolaget, and the first of two sister ships built by Työvene in 2009 and 2010.
Nämdö also has an elevator between the main and upper decks to increase availability.
| Type | Ice-going passenger vessel |
| Length (Loa) | 31,3 metres |
| Width | 8,7 metres |
| Hull | Steel |
| Superstructure | Aluminium |
| Speed | 12 knots |
| Passengers | 280 |
| Classification |
Classification: Acc. to DNV Rules |
| Ice class | Ice Class IA FS |
Embla
Embla is owned by Swedish Trafikverket and operates the line between Hemsö änd the city of Härnösand on the mainland.
| Type | Cable ferry |
| Length (Loa) | 62,05 metres |
| Width | 12,9 metres |
| Hull | Steel |
| Superstructure | Aluminium |
| Speed | 4 knots |
| Passengers | 123 |
| Cars | 27 |
| Cargo capacity | 115 tonnes |
Saturnus
Saturnus is operated by Trafikverket on the line between Svanesund and Kolhättan on the west coast of Sweden.
| Type | Self-propelled |
| Length (Loa) | 99,7 metres |
| Width | 18,2 metres |
| Hull | Steel |
| Superstructure | Aluminium |
| Speed | 11 knots |
| Passengers | 297 |
| Cars | 80 |
| Cargo capacity | 600 tonnes |
Vikare & Nestori
The new and improved Vikare and her sister ship Nestori are the largest ferries in Finland and owned by Finnish ELY-keskus (Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment)…
It operates between Skagen on the island of Iniölandet and the southern part of the island of Jumo and is part of the archipelago’s ring road.
| Type | Self-propelled |
| Length (Loa) | 47,4 metres |
| Width | 12,9 metres |
| Hull | Steel |
| Wheelhouse | Aluminium |
| Speed | 9 knots |
| Passengers | 215 |
| Cars | 24 |
| Cargo capacity | 150 tonnes |
Venus
Venus is operated by Trafikverket and is currently, in 2022, in traffic on the Ekerö line between Slagsta and Jungfrusund on Ekerö, Sweden.
The ferry line provides a shortcut between the south-western part of Stockholm and Ekerö and Västerort. saving car commuters around 30 km compared to driving on land.
| Type | Self-propelled |
| Length (Loa) | 86,2 metres |
| Width | 14 metres |
| Hull | Steel |
| Wheelhouse | Aluminium |
| Speed | 12 knots |
| Passengers | 397 |
| Cars | 60 |
| Cargo capacity | 300 tonnes |
Interested in more information?
Please contact us
Juha Granqvist, CEO
+358 28 464 600
juha.granqvist@tyovene.fi