The delivery saw two 1.9 MW Azipod units installed on each of the two 21,500 dwt transshipment bulkers, constructed at Chengxi Shipyard, as part of a package of electric, digital, and connected solutions from ABB.
The company's Marine & Ports division has opened the facility to stress-test cyber threats, so as to help the shipping industry in adjusting itself to the stricter maritime cyber security rules that will enter into force on 1 January 2021.
A consortium of 14 European partners will work on the design and construction of a ro-ro demonstration vessel that will run on liquid green hydrogen (LH2) as well as on the establishment of an LH2 supply chain and bunkering platform.
The Danish shipping line and its partners - ABB, Ballard Power Systems Europe, Hexagon Purus, Lloyd's Register, KNUD E. HANSEN, Ørsted, and Danish Ship Finance - have applied for money from the EU Innovation Fund to build a ro-pax equipped with proton-exchange membrane fuel cells.
The Finnish company will supply the French Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard with a tech-package to be installed on-board the two gas-run GT 205.7k-big cruise ships built for MSC Cruises.
