{"id":34110,"date":"2026-03-18T01:21:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T01:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/34110\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T01:21:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T01:21:58","slug":"large-tech-package-from-abb-on-bc-ferries-new-major-vessels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/34110\/","title":{"rendered":"Large tech-package from ABB on BC Ferries\u2019 New Major Vessels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The order was booked in the fourth quarter of 2025. Scheduled for delivery beginning in 2029 from China Merchants Industry Weihai (CMI Weihai) Shipyard, the vessels will be equipped with ABB\u2019s gearless, steerable Azipod electric propulsion.<\/p>\n<p>The system offers proven reliability thanks to significantly fewer moving parts than mechanical thrusters, while the special propeller design helps reduce underwater radiated noise (URN). ABB\u2019s Onboard DC Grid power distribution system will serve as the backbone for efficient energy flow, minimizing conversion losses and enabling higher overall system efficiency and lower emissions than comparable propulsion arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>Each ferry will be equipped to accommodate up to 70 MWh of battery energy storage. This enables efficient hybrid operations today and supports a future shift to fully electric, zero-emission service. The hybrid configuration uses biofuel or renewable diesel and continuously balances energy between generators and batteries. Each vessel can also connect to a high-capacity shore charging system rated above 60 MW for full electric operation.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d1ecf53a624d761e9a961a34c9cb0824_870x1000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The order was booked in the fourth quarter of 2025. Scheduled for delivery beginning in 2029 from China&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[232,6027,11811,11810,11812],"class_list":{"0":"post-34110","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-abb","8":"tag-abb","9":"tag-cruise","10":"tag-ferry","11":"tag-ro-ro","12":"tag-statistical-data"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116247562995598950","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}