KV Svalbard at North Pole (Norwegian Coast Guard picture
The Norwegian Coast Guard vessel KV Svalbard lately ended up being the very first Azipod powered ship to get to the North Pole when on a global ecological research study exploration in late August.
In one more historic launching, KV Svalbard ended up being the very first Norwegian vessel to cruise to the “top of the world.”
KV Svalbard, integrated in 2001, as well as outfitted with twin 5 MW Azipod icebreaking devices, was cruising in the Arctic waters as component of the worldwide clinical exploration, Coordinated Arctic Acoustic Thermometry Experiment (CAATEX), led by a Norwegian charitable research study structure, the Nansen Center.
The goal of the exploration was to position seabed sensing units that would certainly permit the researchers to check water temperature levels in the Arctic waters. Reaching the North Pole includes one more measurement to the research study, making it possible for information collection from several of one of the most remote components of the Arctic Ocean.
“We were able to navigate through the Arctic waters and reach the North Pole faster than we thought possible,” stated Ottar Haugen, Commander of theNorwegian Coast Guard “This is a significant milestone for us and a proof that we have a vessel in our fleet equipped with a robust propulsion system that enables operations in the harshest ice conditions – all the way to the North Pole.”
The Azipod propulsion system, where the electrical drive electric motor remains in an immersed capsule outside the ship hull, can revolve 360 levels to enhance ability to move, which is specifically important for vessels running in ice. Azipod icebreaking propulsion can separating to 2.1 m thick Arctic ice as well as has actually a shown capacity to reduce gas intake by as much as 20 percent contrasted to conventional shaftline propulsion systems.
ABB has actually provided electrical propulsion systems to over 90 icebreakers or ice-going vessels with a propulsion power of as much as 45 MW. Options for Azipod propulsion period 1MW to 22 MW, as well as the modern technology has actually played an essential duty in establishing ABB’s solid placement for environmentally-friendly electrical propulsion.
