Azipod propulsion for FESCO icebreaking stand-by and supply ship

摘要

ABB Oy has signed a contract with Kvaemer Masa-Yards to supply an Azipod propulsion system and electric power plant for the first Sakhalin icebreaking supply/standby ship, which is already under construction at Kvaerner Masa-Yards for the Russian Far-Eastern Shipping Co (FESCO) for delivery in May 2005. A contract for a second planned ship had not, at the time of writing, been confirmed. This 4000dwt new-generation design (first discussed in The Naval Architect October 2003, page 28) has an overall length of 100m. ABB's delivery includes two 6.5MW Azipods, three main diesel-generators, the main switchboard, transformers, and the bow thruster motors.