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ABB has signed a three-year international maintenance contract with Van Oord, a worldwide contractor for dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects (oil, gas and wind).

ABB has won an order from Spanish ferry operator Baleària to supply energy management systems for one of its largest vessel. ABB's advisory software will be installed onboard the ferry Martin i Soler, with an option to extend the project to two further vessels in the Baleària fleet. Baleària's installation will cover dynamic trim optimization and hull condition monitoring. The package will help the vessel operator to optimize required propulsive power and forecast hull and propeller fouling, with both contributing to reduced fuel consumption. By reducing fuel consumption, ABB will also help Baleària to reduce the vessel's environmental emissions. ABB's trim optimization system dynamically measures actual trim and advises the crew on steering adjustments via easy-to-understand and user-friendly displays. All data generated onboard is transferred to a cloud-based application for vessel benchmarking. This can provide management onshore with full visibility of energy consumption across the entire fleet. "Baleària and ABB are expecting over 2% savings in propulsion power used at sea through the installation of the trim optimization system and hull monitoring, which will have the same impact in the fuel consumption and consequently reduce emissions." says Mr. Guillermo Alomar, Baleària's, Fleet Manager. Baleària operates ferries connecting the four Balearic ...

ABB has won an order from Spanish ferry operator Baleària to supply energy management systems for one of its largest vessel. ABB's advisory software will be installed onboard the ferry Martin i Soler, with an option to extend the project to two further vessels in the Baleària fleet

ABB power and automation technology group, has won three orders worth $60 million for internal and external telecommunication systems for three Statoil projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The orders were booked in the fourth quarter of 2013 and in the first quarter of 2014. The three contracts are signed with shipyards in South Korea. ABB will be a system integrator of telecommunications on the offshore installations built for the Aasta Hansteen and Gina Krog fields in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea and for the Mariner field in the British sector. Mariner and Gina Krog are fixed, steel jacket platforms, where the topside module will be constructed at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) yard. Aasta Hansteen is a single cylinder Spar platform, the first of its kind destined for the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The topside module will be constructed at Hyundai Heavy Industries. "Reliable telecommunications are crucial for safe and efficient operations of oil and gas facilities," said Veli-Matti Reinikkala, head of ABB's Process Automation division. "We have a balanced portfolio of telecommunications solutions for onshore and offshore installations, with current projects in Europe, North-America, Asia and the Middle East, which emphasize the competitiveness of our ...

ABB, power and automation technology group, has won three orders worth $60 million for internal and external telecommunication systems for three Statoil projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf

ABB has announced that it will supply a complete S2S system to Color Line's ro-pax ferry, SuperSpeed1. The 34,231 tons gross SuperSpeed1, built by Aker Finnyards at Rauma in Finland, has been in service on the Kristiansand - Hitshals route since 2008 and is the third Color Line vessel to be equipped with ABB's system, after the Color Magic and Color Fantasy. The contract, due for completion in March, underscores ABB's Environmental Compliance policy designed to enable shipping companies to operate their fleets in the most efficient and green manner. The installed system will be one of the fastest connection systems available, allowing the vessel's operation to be switched to shore power in a matter of minutes. Scope of supply comprises compatibility assessment, installation of the S2S connection switchboard, the onboard transformer, the low voltage receiving switchboard, the extension of the automation system and the shore side high voltage shore connection switchboard in Kristiansand, Norway, where the 11 kV system will supply the existing low voltage 690 V system while the ferry is in port. Color Line is one of Europe's largest ferry owners with annual sales in the order of USD 770 million and it deploys six ships on ...

ABB to Supply Shore to Ship Power System to Ro-Pax Ferry

The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office is launching a new large-scale routeing chart covering the busy shipping waters of Vietnam, Indonesia and the Malacca Strait. Routeing Chart 5141 is the latest addition to the UKHO's routeing chart series and will be published on 27 February 2014. As well as covering a very busy shipping area, Routeing Chart 5141 has been compiled in a larger scale than the UKHO's existing routeing charts and features more detailed and up-to-date meteorological and currents information. This includes a new method for displaying currents information, which has been designed by the UKHO to allow at-a-glance recognition alongside greater accuracy and resolution. Routeing Chart 5141 includes a number of features to support safe and efficient voyage planning: Larger Scale - 1:10,000,000 scale to provide greater resolution and detail than smaller-scale routeing charts. High Density Currents arrows and wind roses are shown with an increased density over smaller-scale routeing charts, providing a higher-resolution representation of the data. Up-to-Date Data - New currents information is derived from forecasts and readings taken between 2000 and 2010, and with meteorological information newly sourced from the Met Office. Currents Grid - Currents data is displayed on a grid to provide a more ...

An ABB turbocharging solution enables gas and diesel engines to go from idling to full load in half the time it usually takes, thereby significantly reducing fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Fuel accounts for more than two-thirds of the operating costs of gas and diesel engines. This, and the increasingly stringent emissions regulations for the maritime, power generation, and other industries make engine efficiency the number one priority for engine builders and engine users alike. One of the tools that engine builders are using to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions is Valve Control Management (VCM?), ABB's variable valve train system. VCM can typically increase gas engine efficiency by more than one percentage point, and that means fuel savings of more than two percent. For a 10,000 kilowatt gas engine, this translates into about $200,000 in fuel savings annually. For a power plant with ten such engines or more, the savings are significant. Optimized at all times VCM is an intelligent valve train system that works adaptively to provide an engine with the optimal amount of air for different speeds, loads and operating conditions. This enables, among other things, the turbocharger to take the engine from idling to ...

An ABB turbocharging solution enables gas and diesel engines to go from idling to full load in half the time it usually takes, thereby significantly reducing fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.