Tag: ABB

ABB announced the launch of 'ABB Ability Marine Pilot Vision'. A system that offers the possibility for officers to remotely control a ship and provides real-time visualizations of a vessel’s surroundings. 

Electric power can enhance a vessel’s fuel consumption and can make room for the use of other energy sources, like batteries and fuel cells. Therefore, ABB adopts a new approach to coincide with industry’s transition towards the use of new energy sources and automated ship operations.

ABB announced that it is going to deliver the first fuel cell system to Royal Caribbean. The system will be used on board a Royal Caribbean International vessel and will be the first fuel cell system to provide an energy source for a cruise ship.

Wärtsilä and ABB have signed an agreement to expand their cooperation, to offer enhanced engine performance optimisation over the lifecycle. In this context, ABB has granted Wärtsilä the Authorized Service Provider status for standard maintenance of ABB turbochargers installed with Wärtsilä 4-stroke engines.

ABB has secured a contract by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, to provide a technology solution that will enable power to be supplied from shore to the Global Container Terminal Deltaport. The project is part of a joint commitment by the federal government and the Port Authority to reduce environmental impact.

ABB said that its upgraded vessel control software package  is delivering the measurable operational efficiency gains promised to StenaLine for the freight ferry Stena Scotia within a month of commissioning. 

ABB provides a new marine software to support the research voyages undertaken by ‘By the Ocean we Unite’, the charitable organisation whose mission is to highlight the damage done by the millions of tonnes of plastics that end up in the world’s oceans every year.

ABB announced that its turbochargers are powering the main engines and auxiliary engines of the largest containership ever built in China, a 20,000 TEU vessel named COSCO Shipping Taurus, launched in June 2017. A further ten vessels also for COSCO Shipping Lines will be applied with the same ABB turbocharger configuration.

Thirteen companies have signed up to a new Global Industry Alliance, officially inaugurated on June 29 with the aim to support transitioning shipping and its related industries towards a low carbon future, IMO announced.