ABB adds DP2 capability to pilot control solution

ABB is adding DP2 dynamic positioning functionality to its ABB Ability Marine Pilot Control solution. Designed to optimize vessel responsiveness, efficiency and safety across the entire operating profile, ABB Ability Marine Pilot

ABB launches OnBoard Microgrid

ABB has released a compact size DC-based power distribution system to offer hybrid power efficiencies to smaller vessels The newly launched Onboard Microgrid is based on the principles of ABB’s award-winning power

ABB opens Murmansk Marine Service Center

With Arctic maritime activity steadily increasing, ABB has opened a Marine Service Center in Murmansk, Russia,, the world’s largest city above the Arctic Circle. ABB’s technologies are widely used for vessels operating

Fuel cell powered pushboat set for 2021 delivery

ABB is to provide a hydrogen fuel cell based power and propulsion solution for a newbuild pushboat planned to be delivered in 2021 to France’s Compagnie Fluviale de Transport, a Sogestran Group

VT Halter releases more details of winning Polar Security Cutter design

More details are emerging about VT Halter Marine, Inc.’s winning design for the U.S. Coast Guard’s Polar Security Cutter (PSC). As we reported earlier, as prime contractor, VT Halter has been awarded

VIDEO: Maid of the Mist orders first all-electric passenger boats to be built in U.S.

New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced today that Maid of the Mist, which has been navigating the waters of the Lower Niagara River since 1846, is preparing to launch the first

ABB and SINTEF cooperate on plan to convert ferry to battery hydrogen hybrid

ABB and SINTEF Ocean are cooperating with Norway’s Fiskerstrand shipyard on a project that plans to convert an existing ferry to run on a combination of batteries and hydrogen fuel cells. The

ABB to supply solutions for second Lindblad icegoing cruise ship

ABB is to supply power, automation, propulsion and digital systems for the second icegoing cruise ship to be built for Lindblad Expeditions by Ulstein (see earlier story). ABB will deliver a full

First Chinese-built cruise ship will feature ABB propulsion package

ABB has been awarded a contract by Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (SWS), that will see it supply a comprehensive power and propulsion package for China’s first domestically built cruise ship, which

Chiller optimization yields big savings for Italian ferry operator

Italian operator GNV (Grandi Navi Veloci) is looking to gain savings of EUR 77,000 (about $87,000) a year as a result of using a new chiller optimization solution from ABB on board

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