Digital

The increase in demand for smart asset management services during the first half of 2020 is creating momentum for remote diagnostic services to support systems at sea.

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

ABB has won a contract to supply the leading-edge digital solution ABB Ability™ Marine Advisory System – OCTOPUS to Roll Group’s latest vessel, BigRoll Biscay

ABB has signed a contract to support icebreaking LNG carrier Christophe de Margerie with remote diagnostics services for increased safety and performance as the vessel completed the transit of the Northern Sea Route, bound for China with Yamal LNG cargo two months earlier than usual

DNV GL, the world’s leading classification society, and technology leader ABB have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to accelerate digitalization in the maritime industry.

In a milestone for the marine industry, ABB’s solutions on board a large passenger ship have been awarded cybersecurity verification from classification society DNV GL

The recent development in sensor technology, data analytics and computing power enables to increase the level of automation in ship navigation, steering and control. As a basic definition an autonomous vessel is not necessarily unmanned but an unmanned vessel is, by default, autonomous to a high degree.

ABB has enabled a groundbreaking remote control trial of a passenger ferry using off-the-shelf technology that can be fitted to virtually any sailing vessel.

ABB took a groundbreaking next step in autonomous shipping with a remote control trial of passenger ferry Suomenlinna II.

With ABB Ability™, we are creating a collaborative environment to help drive marine digitalization and change the way we work – to our customers’ benefit.

Pioneering digital technologies from ABB are opening the door to autonomous shipping. Together, a dynamic positioning (DP) system that simplifies ship maneuvering.

It is a vision fuelled by relentless and rapid developments in technology, but tempered by human nature. “Technology will appear in and invade every link in the value chain,” Tervo says, “from developing and making, to experiencing. The flow of information will transform the ability of systems.”

Global pressures of climate change, emerging-market economic development and growing urbanization demand new and more environmentally sustainable ways to move people and goods. ABB has become one of the world’s leading enablers of sustainable transportation for all modes, including marine vessels.