The first fully electric seagoing vessel in Germany, a catamaran ferry, has completed its acceptance trials and is preparing to be deployed. It joins a growing number of battery-powered ferries that are demonstrating the growing opportunities for electric power. The vessel, E-Kat, designed and built by Damen Group was launched on June 29 in Gorinchem, Netherlands. It was expected to make its first test runs during the summer as outfitting was being completed. Slightly behind schedule, the owner of the vessel AG Reederei Norden-Frisa reports the acceptance trials were completed on January 15. They said that means the necessary