Digital services and solutions

ABB is helping Italian inland ferry operator Gestione Navigazione Laghi with its ambitious decarbonization program, installing hybrid-electric technology on the long-serving Adamello.

AAL Shipping (AAL) has chosen ABB Ability™ OCTOPUS – Marine Advisory System for their high-performance Super B-Class heavy lift vessels

ABB, Lab021, ForceTEC Co. Ltd., Daehan Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and K Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on developing intelligent fuel-efficient vessels

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

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.

Tanker operator Tärntank to trial OVERSEA Fleet Support Center services, a digital solution developed in collaboration between ABB and Wallenius Marine

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

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.

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.

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

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

ABB Ability™ Marine Braking Assistance helps ships minimize stopping time and distance, without compromizing steering capability

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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