Digital services and solutions

Our integrated automation, control and bridge systems are built on industry leading architecture.  Together with our cloud based solutions and services, ABB Marine Digital leads the way in improving ship and fleet safety, efficiency and availability.  

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News and highlights

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Press release

European Space Agency launches the DECARDIS project with Awake.AI, ABB and Wallenius Marine to optimize ship-port operations

Consortium to develop a sea voyage and port call optimization solution, which will be part of the Decarbonization through the Digitalization in Shipping (DECARDIS) project
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Generations

Weather routing and voyage optimization – the APAC perspective

ABB invited Esmond Yong, Sales Director, APAC, Routing Services, ABB Marine & Ports, based in Singapore; Sallum Andaya, Senior Route Analyst, Routing Services, ABB Marine & Ports, based in Manila, Philippines; and Capt. Kevin Knott, Fleet Performance Manager at BW LPG, a world leader in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) shipping, based in Singapore, to share insights into the weather routing landscape in APAC. We discussed the regulations, trends and challenges, and what makes ABB Routing Services unique – as well as other steps BW LPG, a global player with a fleet of around 40 vessels, has taken to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions.
Press release

ABB and Wallenius Marine to trial OVERSEA Fleet Support services with Tärntank

Tanker operator Tärntank to trial OVERSEA Fleet Support Center services, a digital solution developed in collaboration between ABB and Wallenius Marine
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ABB introduces Optimal Speed Routing to help vessels enhance fuel efficiency and reduce emissions

Designed to intelligently optimize a vessel’s route and speed, the first-of-its kind solution will help reduce fuel consumption, voyage costs and emissions

Web story

ABB completes acquisition of DTN weather routing business for shipping

ABB Marine & Ports has finalized its acquisition of DTN’s portfolio for weather routing in shipping. The transaction was completed today, following an earlier announcement of an agreement with global data and analytics group DTN to acquire the shipping business of DTN Europe BV and DTN Philippines Inc., on January 24, 2024.

Web story

Regulators check in on the autonomous ship

An International Maritime Organization seminar recently heard about re-imagining a ship as a "system of systems" which work towards a common purpose. This could help in developing regulations for the challenges and opportunities brought by the autonomous ship.

Web story

ABB automation upgrade future-proofs Oranjeborg cargo vessel for decades ahead

Owned and operated by the Netherlands-based international maritime logistics conglomerate Royal Wagenborg.

Generations: Business insight

Centralized fleet support – where digitalization and sustainability meet

Shipowners and operators are looking to leverage the power of data to enhance operational performance across multiple vessels.

Press release

ABB and Royal Caribbean Group collaborate to make emergency stops safer and more efficient

ABB Ability™ Marine Braking Assistance helps ships minimize stopping time and distance, without compromizing steering capability
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ABB and Wallenius Marine introduce pioneering digital offering driving efficiency gains for ships

Fleet support center OVERSEA, developed by ABB and Wallenius Marine, will help shipping companies improve environmental, technical and voyage performance

Web story

ABB Ability™ OCTOPUS widens operating window for wind farm development

Offshore wind turbines have become larger and are operating in deeper waters than ever before. They are also continuously exposed to extreme weather and erosion. Innovative planning software can increase vessel operation uptime when deploying robots and service engineers.

Generations: Technical insight

Modeling and HIL simulation of a fuel cell-fed hybrid power and propulsion system

This paper describes a DC-grid, fuel-cell powered hybrid shipboard power system using an average modeling method. A Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) platform was set up to perform accurate real-time system behavior, which is essential for system verification.

Press release

ABB’s new digital solution helps optimize ship performance across fleets

New online platform, ABB Ability™ Marine Fleet Intelligence – Advisory, combines the power of cloud-based analytics and reporting with user-friendly visualizations to help shipowners, managers and charterers optimize ship performance fleet-wide.

Press release

ABB further enhances efficiency of Azipod® electric propulsion with digital solution

Already delivering decisive efficiency gains to an ever-increasing variety of ship types, ABB Azipod® electric propulsion now benefits from an automated steering function.

Web story

ABB’s OCTOPUS advisory system predicts safer, more efficient ship performance

The predictive power behind ABB Ability™ Marine Advisory System – OCTOPUS to monitor and forecast vessel motions is now so evolved that it is tackling some of the most profound safety and efficiency challenges in shipping.

Press release

United Wind takes ABB advisory software fleetwide to boost safety and efficiency of operations

United Wind Logistics’ module deck carrier VestVind will rely on ABB Ability™ Marine Advisory System – OCTOPUS to support real-time decision making as it transports large windfarm components such as turbines, foundations and blades to offshore installation sites

Web story and Whitepaper

Electronic lookout for increased ship safety

Maritime safety regulations have – and for valid reasons – traditionally been strict and have often developed in ways that could hold up innovation. Almost two decades after the remedy of ‘goal-based’ standards and ‘technical equivalence’ arrived at the IMO, rules based on risk assessment and functionality continue to face an uphill battle redefining safety culture

Group press release

ABB software can help ships improve efficiency and cut fuel consumption

Insights into ship’s operational data, amplified by Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help save up to 10 percent fuel and cut costs. Unlocking the value of advanced analytics can increase vessel uptime and reduce essential service visits by up to 30 percent.

Press release

ABB Marine & Ports opens new lab to stress-test cyber threats to shipping

ABB Marine & Ports’ cyber security laboratory opens at key moment in shipping’s digital development as stricter maritime cyber security rules enter force on January 1, 2021

Generations - Technical insight

Artificial intelligence: machines learning from ABB experts to enhance remote support for vessels

As a frontrunner in electric, digital and connected solutions for shipping, ABB’s latest fleet support and troubleshooting advance sees engineers ‘training’ machine-learning algorithms to deliver faster, more reliable re-mote services to customers.

Group press release

ABB powers P&O super-ferries towards new sustainable transport era

ABB to supply electric, digital and connected solutions for P&O Ferries’ two new vessels, including Azipod® propulsion and energy storage, cutting fuel consumption by one ton per return trip across the English Channel

Generations - Business insight

User-centric bridge design: enough is enough

It’s possible to have too much of a good thing. While advances in engineering and technology have made piloting a modern ship safer and more efficient, information overload and an excess of options can hinder as much as help bridge officers in doing their job.

Web story

A guiding hand for the autonomous ship: we have the technologies, now we need regulations

Eero Lehtovaara talks about ABB’s digital initiatives in shipping and his priorities as the new Chairman of One Sea, a 12-member alliance of ship automation technology companies

Optimization

Routing services
Weather routing optimization
OVERSEA
Fleet Support Center as a Service
ABB Ability™ Smart Asset Management for Marine
24/7 Service, Support & Security for ship operations
ABB Ability™ OCTOPUS - Marine Advisory System
Vessel advisory for safety and efficiency
ABB Ability™ OptimE - Toe Angle Optimization for propulsion
Optimization for propulsion system
ABB Ability™ OneBox - Marine Signals Monitoring
Data gathering solution for merchant segment
ABB Ability™ Marine Fleet Intelligence - Advisory
Fleet and vessel performance monitoring & analysis

Control and vessel automation

Bridge solutions
ABB’s Bridge solutions portfolio
Bridge solutions
ABB Ability™ AX Bridge
AX Levers
ABB Ability™ AX Levers
Marine User Interface
The AX Bridge User interface
ABB Ability™ Marine Pilot Control
ABB Ability™ Braking assistance
ABB Ability™ Marine Pilot Control
Dynamic positioning
ABB Ability™ Marine Pilot Control
ABB Ability™ Marine Pilot Control
C-CAMs — Compact Control Alarm Monitoring System
Alarm and control system for cargo and tanker vessels
ABB Ability™ 800xA
Integrated automation system for vessels
PEMS™ - Power and Energy Management System
Power and control system for vessels
Precise & reliable vessel operation
Control & monitoring

Cyber security

ABB Ability™ Cyber Security
Cyber secure your vessels
 
 

The Lloyd’s List Podcast: How to de-risk the future of shipping

27 October 2022 
Listen to the featured highlights from the innovation webinar hosted by Lloyd’s List Editor where Osku Kälkäjä, Head of Digital Business at ABB Marine & Ports shared his insights on how the shipping industry can surpass the obstacles of adopting innovative technology

Many of the larger shipping companies are using increasingly sophisticated data collection solutions and seem quite confident at adopting smarter technologies and AI into the systems for digital efficiency, but smaller companies that stand for 70% of the industry are having are slower to adapt.

Cooperative Vessel Operations enabled through autonomous systems


Research and development being undertaken towards autonomous shipping operations has been a focal point of the maritime community in recent years, accelerating our understanding of what to expect from autonomous vessels.

Discussions have often focused on technological challenges, but now that pilot projects are being rolled out, attention needs to shift towards identifying commercially viable and scalable applications for autonomous technology. This article addresses use cases for different types of Cooperative Vessel Operations that harness varying levels of autonomy.

Discover more here 

Meet ABB Marine & Ports in person

September 3 - 6, 2024

ABB at SMM 2024

We look forward to finally meeting maritime friends, peers and partners again at SMM 2024, stand 329 at Hall B6. With integrated solutions for ship and shore, including the pioneering fuel cell solution and innovative propulsion system from ABB, provide greater efficiency and reliability to shipowners and prepare the industry to meet the demands of tomorrow.  

Find more events and webinars

On this page you can find the full overview of all the events we are going to attend in the near future as well as on-demand webinars.

 

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