Shuttle tankers

Maximize vessel efficiency and lower emissions with hybrid electric propulsion, energy storage, automation and control from ABB Marine & Ports. ABB's complete shuttle tanker solutions will contribute to annual fuel savings of up to 15%.

Build a vessel ready for the next 40 years of operation


Future-proofed for coming environmental regulations and prepared for later installation of new energy sources such as fuel cells, as well as ABB's expanding digital measuring and analytics tools for vessel and fleet performance monitoring. 

Power tailor-made to your vessel


Build your vessel with a power and propulsion system tailored to its specific operational profile, to ensure maximal fit of power availability, uptime and redunancy. Built from standard proven components.

Remote support 24/7


ABB Ability™ Marine Remote Diagnostic System increases vessel safety and reliability through extended and predictive monitoring, typically reducing on-call visits of service engineers up to 70%, and maintenance costs up to 50%.

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Future-proof solutions

Flexible operations
Onboard DC Grid™

is our modular power system platform, that enables simple flexible and functional integration of energy sources and loads.

The system platform is highly customizable for the simple to the most demanding applications, covering the low to mid-power range. Onboard DC Grid streamlines the building of next generation power systems.

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Real-time advisory tool
ABB Ability™ Marine Advisory System - OCTOPUS

is a unique product family for performance monitoring and voyage advisory solutions, tailored to suit your vessel and fleet needs.

OCTOPUS gives the operating crew access to a state of the art decision support toolbox that optimizes safe and efficient voyage execution, as well as comprehensive performance insights.

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Marine Automation
Power Energy Management System - PEMS™

ABB’s Power and Energy Management System (PEMS™) is the core of a vessel’s combined power and control system. It ensures optimal use of the vessel’s total power resources in a safe, energy efficient and environmentally-friendly manner.

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Bring predictability to maintenance costs
Service agreements

A service agreement enables ship owners to have a fixed, planned annual maintenance cost. It provides long-term cost savings through optimized maintenance plan and less admin work.

Systematic planning increases the efficiency of site visits by performing the appropriate tasks, at the appropriate time, based on the equipment life-cycle status.

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Podded propulsion
Azipod® MO

The Azipod mid-range podded gearless propulsion systems covers three frame sizes in the power range from 7.6 MW to 14.5 MW per propeller, and is based on the straightforward, robust and easy to maintain design principles that have seen Azipod propulsion selected across 25 vessel types over close to three decades.

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Tom Sand

VP Global Sales,
Tankers

tom.sand@no.abb.com
+47 957 21 425
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