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Zeabuz autonomous electric ferries for urban waterways
- Published July 7, 2022; updated September 21, 2026; estimated reading time 2 minutes. Status: available. Markets: Europe and Asia. Category: Maritime / Operations, management and digital solutions.
- Zeabuz’s concept uses small autonomous battery-electric ferries to carry people on demand across or along urban waterways. The article says its sensors and navigation technology enable ferries to maneuver among other boats, dock independently and handle passengers safely.
- The page frames waterways as underused transport corridors in cities otherwise dependent on roads and rail. Autonomous ferries could complement public transport, make walking and cycling trips easier, reduce car traffic and congestion, and use routes where bridges or tunnels are costly and inflexible to build and maintain.
- Market context cites a UN projection that 2.5 billion people would be added to the urban population by 2050. Zeabuz is described as a spin-off from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, which the page characterizes as having a leading research ecosystem in autonomous and electric marine transport. SDGs shown: 3, 9 and 11.
- Contact: Øyvind Smogeli, CEO & Co-founder; email shown as oyvind@zeabuz.com (the page’s mailto link contains a leading space). Phone reveal control is collapsed. Company: ZEABUZ AS, Oppgang B, 4. etg, Skippergata 14, 7042 Trondheim, Norway; zeabuz.com.