Estonia has begun work on its first purpose-built fully electric passenger ferry, with the vessel taking shape at a Polish shipyard and key equipment orders now confirmed.
Steerprop has been selected to supply its next-generation contra-rotating propeller (CRP) technology for the 95-metre ferry, MarineLink Maritime News reported on 16 October 2026. The vessel is under construction at Poland's CRIST SA shipyard and was drawn by naval architect LMG Marin for the Estonian State Fleet.
The project marks a first for Estonia in commissioning a fully electric passenger ferry, according to the supplied report. The brief supplied to builders and equipment suppliers describes the vessel as a passenger ferry and specifies the 95-metre length.
LMG Marin is credited with the vessel design, while CRIST SA is handling construction in Poland. Steerprop’s role will supply the propulsion package described in the report as its next-generation CRP technology.
The announcement of Steerprop’s selection was the most recent commercially reported procurement in the programme. The source material gives the selection and the construction location as the primary verified details of the procurement stage.
Design and equipment
The ferry is identified in the report as a 95-metre passenger vessel designed by LMG Marin for the Estonian State Fleet. The confirmed propulsion supplier is Steerprop, whose contra-rotating propeller technology will be fitted to the newbuild.
No further technical specifications, capacities or performance claims are detailed in the published summary. The firms named in the report, LMG Marin, CRIST SA and Steerprop, are presented as the principal designer, shipbuilder and propulsion supplier respectively.
Construction location and programme
Construction is taking place at CRIST SA’s shipyard in Poland. The report places the physical work at that facility and identifies it as the site where the ferry is currently being built.
The source does not provide delivery dates, operational schedules or port deployment for the vessel. The verified facts supplied concern the design, the shipyard location and the selected propulsion supplier only.
Following the confirmed selection, further announcements from the parties named or the Estonian State Fleet would be required to establish additional details such as commissioning dates, regulatory approvals, outfitting milestones or passenger capacity.
Steerprop, LMG Marin and CRIST SA are named in the media report as the companies involved in the project, with the Estonian State Fleet identified as the contracting authority. The supplied account is limited in scope to those commercial and design relationships as they stand in the published item.
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