New Vessels
ABB is supplying propulsion
systems for wind turbine
installation vessels
ABB delivers for turbine vessels
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ABB’s Azipod C propulsion system
BB has delivered four Azipod C propulsion systems for the Blue Ocean
II wind turbine installation ves- sel being built by Samsung ship- yard in Korea. This is a repeat order from Samsung shipyard, following a similar scope for the first Blue Ocean wind turbine installation vessel delivered in September, 2011.
The two vessels have been built for Singapore based off- shore oil and gas industry serv- ice provider Swire Pacific
Offshore Operation. In total, ABB has provided eight Azipod C propulsion sys- tems for the two vessels. ABB said: “The compact Azipod C marine propulsion system saves space inside the vessel hull for more efficiency in ship design and equipment placement, and can help reduce vessels’ fuel consumption by 25% while improving their ma- noeuvring capabilities. The im- proved manoeuvrability will help the Blue Ocean vessels op- erate in a wider weather win- dow, providing more flexibility
in the transportation and instal- lation of offshore wind founda- tion materials and turbines of all types and sizes.”
The Azipod systems for
these projects were delivered from ABB’s new Azipod C fac- tory in Shanghai, China, which was established in 2011 to serve customers in the Asian region. “The Azipod C factory in Shanghai helps us meet the fast- growing demand of the Chinese shipyards for high-end vessels, at the same time, allowing us to get closer to customers of other key shipbuilding markets like Japan and South Korea,” said Heikki Soljama, global head of ABB’s Marine and Cranes Busi- ness Unit.
SINGAPORE’S KEPPEL Corp – the world’s largest oil rig builder – has agreed a deal worth around $600m with Norway’s Golar LNG to work on the conversion of up to three liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels into Floating LNG (FLNG) vessels. Keppel will begin work on
In Brief
a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study to con- firm the engineering and work scope. Keppel will then move to
work with Golar LNG on the conversion and engineering on the first of the three LNG vessels. Golar LNG retains the option to convert the other two LNG vessels at a later date.
28 November/December 2012 Offshore Technology
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