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Propulsive ABB supply Azipod for ships from installation wind shovels
Altogether they are eight systems of propulsion produced from the new factory of Shanghai
October 30, 2012
Group ABB has adjudicated the supply of four systems of propulsion Azipod C for the ship from installation Blue wind shovels constructed Ocean II in i Korean yards of Blue Samsung Heavy Industries on behalf of the Danish Swire Ocean of the group Swire Pacific of Singapore.
The order is a repetition of a regulating precedence for a destined supply similar to before the two Blue delivered Ocean in September 2011. In total ABB it has supplied eight systems of propulsion Azipod C for the two ships that are produced by new factory ABB of Shanghai, inaugurated in 2011 in order to serve the customers of the Asian market and that to a year from the opening it has reached the objective to supply Chinese producing abroad.
Beyond inside occupying less space of the hull, for better an efficiency and naval design, the compact systems Azipod C help to reduce the fuel burnups of 25% being increased the maneuverability, characteristic that will help the Ocean Blue to operate more better in various conditions weather, supplying more flexibility for the transport and the installation of the foundations of the wind turbines of every type and dimension.
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