There are many competing technologies but ABB believes that the future of green shipping could be to have a single main electric platform to drive all the vessel’s systems.
The drive for cost-efficiency and the slow steaming trend in the current shipping market makes it the perfect environment for ABB’s FiTS2 turbocharger system which it has developed in collaboration with engine maker Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD)...
The interest of countries in Southeast Asia such as Indonesia, the Philippines, Myanmar and other similar stage countries is that they are going through a rapid development phase now and there is a need to boost infrastructure.
Work is underway at Öresund Dry Docks in Sweden on electrification of two Scandlines/HH Ferries vessels, set to become what are claimed will be the world’s largest emission-free ferries.
ABB Marine has launched a new linear flow Azipod propulsion unit that is 5-10% more efficient than previous versions, potentially allowing the shipping industry to save on millions of tonnes of fuel.