Abb Cruise Ship
With this project China is making great strides in cruise shipbuilding.
Abb cruise ship. ABB has been closely involved in the propulsion automation and control of cruise ships for decades and we are seeing a clear trend. The yet-to-be-named ship will carry 126 passengers in luxury cabins to the polar regions. As such it will feature one of the highest ice-classes and will.
Options for Azipod propulsion now span 15MW to 22MW. 4 ABB Shore-to-ship power ABB Shore-to-ship power Onboard the ship ABB has been a technology pioneer in High Voltage installations for marine applications. Arriving at the shipyard fully assembled Azipod units are simply plugged straight into the vessels hull.
Footnote 1 Shore-to-ship power is also known as cold ironing onshore power supply alternative. Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Robotic Arts and ABB Robotics have join. The 190-meter long vessel has been dubbed the anti-cruise ship because it can accommodate just 298 passengers and is aimed at providing a more bespoke service than larger cruise ships.
The ABB order for the first ship was booked in 2011 and for the second vessel in the first quarter of 2012. ABB has announced orders valued at more than 60 million to provide complete power and Azipod propulsion systems for two new cruise ships to be built by Meyer Werft for Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ABBs Azipods Ordered for 100th Cruise Ship.
Azipod propulsion is a gearless steerable propulsion system where the electric drive motor is housed within a pod outside the ship hull. Marine electrification specialist ABB has secured a US150m order to equip five new-build cruise vessels from Fincantieri with its Azipod electric propulsion system. The luxury polar expedition cruise ship due delivery.
Over 100 cruise ships have Azipods fitted. However dockside air quality and noise are coming under regulatory scrutiny. Moreover the ships energy storage system supplied and integrated by ABB is the largest ever delivered to a vessel of its kind at almost five megawatt hours allowing the engines to be switched off for silent emissions-free cruising.
