FREE EVENT! Register online now or at the Film Center and get a free lunch! In-person event is SOLD OUT. Get the ZOOM link to watch from home, please contact Kate Warner at warner@mvcommission.org
Doors open for admissions 30 minutes prior to screening. Parking is very limited on weekdays at the Tisbury Marketplace. Please consider taking the bus, carpooling, or parking elsewhere in Vineyard Haven and walking down if possible!
The in-person seminar is SOLD OUT. To get the ZOOM link to watch from home, please contact Kate Warner at warner@mvcommission.org
Ferries Now is an educational event for islanders to learn more about the current state of electrical ferry adoption. Speakers from Denmark, Maine and Washington State will speak about their electric propulsion vessels. Following a brief lunch, the Steamship Authority, their consultants and Eversource will speak about the challenges of moving in this direction with our fleet. This event is being offered by the MV Commission and sponsored by MV Vision Fellowship, Vineyard Power and Vineyard Wind.
See the Maid of the Mist video above to get a taste!
Halfdan Abrahamsen is the project manager at Ærø EnergyLab, the renewable energy office of the Municipality of Ærø in Denmark. Electrification of the island’s ferry fleet is a crucial element in reaching the island’s ambitious climate goals, and besides his involvement with the E-ferry Project, Halfdan is part of the work group tasked with replacing two more of the island’s diesel ferries with new electric ferries.
Hank Berg is the General Manager/CEO of Casco Bay Island Transit District, a quasi-municipal entity based in Portland, Maine, that provides year-round ferry service for passengers, vehicles, freight, and mail delivery to six islands in Casco Bay. Casco Bay Lines is considered the “lifeline” for the residents of the islands. In a typical year, the fleet transports more than one million passengers, 35,000 vehicles and over 500,000 pieces of freight.
Matthew von Ruden is a maritime professional with 35 years’ experience in the government and private sectors. He served 23 years in the US Coast Guard. Mr. von Ruden has also worked in the chemical and shipbuilding industries in California, Washington and British Columbia. He began at the Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries Division in 2015, where he became the Director of Vessel Maintenance. In 2021, as Program Administrator, he took the helm of the Ferries’ System Electrification Program, which includes vessels, terminals, and charging infrastructure.
