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ABB AZIPOD DO

Power range: • 1.5-7.5 MW per unit

Gearless power train • Induction motor, or • Permanent magnet motor

Hybrid cooling • Up to 45% performance increase • Up to 70% power without cooling

Electric steering • 4 redundancy options

Adjustable strut height • Minimizes / eliminates headbox

Shaftline proven technology • Redundant seal • Online bearing monitoring everaging its experience in the north,” said Sakari Sorsimo, Senior Vice Presi- distinct polar and cruise vessel dent, Head of ABB Business Unite Marine and segments, ABB and its Azipod Ports Finland.

are at the forefront of the booming Leveraging this presence and experience in polar passenger vessel market. As both the polar and cruise segments, ABB is now

Lworld travelers continually seek positioned to serve an emerging class of polar access to more exotic and exciting destinations, and sub polar passenger vessels and has even evolving cruise shipping trends have triggered launched a new Azipod designed speci? cally this an order boom for passenger vessels capable of market, the Azipod DO, which Sorsimo said is plying some of the most treacherous Arctic and designed for “smaller, lighter ice class vessels,”

Antarctic routes. Required for this new class of and is available from 1.5-7.5 MW.

ships is a range of equipment and technologies “We are designing [the Azipod DO] here in that enable safe and comfortable sailing through Finland, but manufacturing in China,” Sorsimo polar waters. Answering the propulsion call is said. “And for this, we already have contracts for

ABB, a world leader within the polar and pas- polar cruise vessels.” senger vessel markets, whom Maritime Reporter In the expedition cruise segment, ABB current- & Engineering News was recently visited at its ly has orders to supply Azipods for the world’s

Helsinki location, ABB Marine House. ? rst passenger vessel to be constructed explicitly

ABB’s electric podded azimuth thruster Azipod to Polar Code standards, and most recently the has a 25-year history in the maritime industry, world’s largest expedition yachts with ice class.

serving a large variety of vessel types ranging The polar class passenger vessel Scenic Eclipse from cargo ships to offshore support vessels and is currently under construction at Croatia’s Ul- drill ships. No stranger to icy conditions, ABB’s janik shipyard for Australia’s Scenic group and know-how for ice going vessels runs deep, and is due for delivery in August 2018. The 10-deck the company possesses a long supply history for luxury cruiser will be out? tted with two 3 MW cold water vessels. Currently there are more than Azipod units, propelling the 168-meter-long, 60 Azipod-equipped vessels in operation or on 16,800-gross-ton vessel through polar waters order for work in icy waters, including the high- during the summer months. Scenic Eclipse will tech LNG-powered Finnish icebreaker Polaris be classed by Bureau Veritas.

delivered last year, and SCF’s 299-meter heavy Three new 20,000-gross-ton expedition mega- ice class LNG carrier Christophe de Margerie. yachts for Genting Hong Kong brand Crystal

Likewise, ABB is no stranger to cruise and Cruises will each be powered by two Azipod passenger ships. Azipods were ? rst installed on units, enabling the Polar Class 6 luxury ships to a cruise ship in 1998, paving way for some 60 navigate in icy conditions. The three Endeavor subsequent cruise ships to date, including the Class vessels will be built by MV Werften in world’s largest: Royal Caribbean’s 1,187-foot- Germany starting in 2017 and delivered in 2019, long, 226,000-gross-ton Oasis class ships. In the 2020 and 2021. ABB will supply the complete cruise market, ABB’s most recent Azipod order power, propulsion and automation package for came from Genting’s Star Cruises brand, whose these vessels, each classed by DNV GL.

two new 204,000-gross-ton Global Class vessels “We are doing quite high ice class on the DO due for delivery from 2019 are specially designed pod, so we have a unit that has to perform both for the Asian cruise market. in the ice and in the open water with extremely

Of all modern large cruise ships, icebreakers high comfort,” said Marcus Höglblom, ABB and high ice-class cargo vessels, roughly two- Vice President for Passenger Ship and Azipod thirds are ? tted with Azipod propulsion, accord- Segment. “These vessels will be able to cruise ing to ABB. “The main market for Azipod is anywhere in the world – from Antarctic to Arctic large cruise and the opening new seaways in the – for a very demanding customer.” www.marinelink.com 27

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