The contract, with Guangzhou Shipyard International Ltd, will see the ABB supply a full scope of integrated solutions for P&O Ferries\u2019 two new vessels.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are proud to have ABB technology at the heart of P&O Ferries\u2019 sustainability program, as it transitions to the zero-emission future envisaged for shipping,\u201d said Juha Koskela, Division President, ABB Marine & Ports.<\/p>\n
Reduced emissions<\/strong><\/p>\n In all, ABB\u2019s hybrid propulsion solution, using electric power from 8.8MWh batteries and diesel generators, will cut fuel consumption on P&O Ferries\u2019 Dover-Calais route by 40%.<\/p>\n The batteries will provide full power for harbour manoeuvring and stay in port and will prepare the vessels for a zero-emission future once more electric shore charging stations are available.<\/p>\n Built to the double-ended design where the vessels will feature a pair of Azipod units and a bridge at each end, there will be no need to turn ships in port. This will save seven minutes on each outbound and return journey and one tonne of fuel \u2013 a sixth of what is used on the 21-mile crossing.<\/p>\n The vessels\u2019 engines will be equipped with ABB\u2019s Power2 two-stage turbocharging system that will further improve power efficiency and help achieve up to 5% in fuel savings and up to 60% of nitrogen oxide emissions.<\/p>\n The 230-metre-long vessels will be the largest passenger and freight ferries ever to sail the route when they enter service in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ABB has won a contract to supply two new super ferries with hybrid propulsion cutting fuel consumption by one tonne per return trip across the English Channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1146,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-1145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-technology-greenport"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1147,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145\/revisions\/1147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1145"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=1145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}