Matson Navigation Company’s new liquefied pure gasoline (LNG)-powered containerships will function a complete vary of built-in applied sciences from Kongsberg Maritime to optimize vitality use and cut back emissions.
The Norwegian firm introduced Tuesday that it’s going to provide hybrid electrical methods, managed and operated by its Energy Management System, for a sequence of three 3,600 TEU vessels which are being constructed by Philly Shipyard for the U.S.-based shipowner. The Kongsberg Maritime scope of provide features a Shaft Generator System, and a Battery Energy Saving System mixed with an entire energy administration system. The hybrid electrical methods will present electrical energy to the vessel’s major switchboard by means of the Kongsberg converters.
The new Aloha Class ships are being constructed to function Matson’s China-Long Beach Express (CLX) service and are designed to function at speeds in extra of 23 knots. At 260 meters lengthy, the newbuilds are the biggest Jones Act containerships ever constructed.
“Our existing Aloha Class ships are among the fastest, most efficient vessels in the Matson fleet,” said Capt. Jack Sullivan, Matson’s senior vice president, Vessel Operations & Engineering. “We expect these new Jones Act compliant vessels to help Matson achieve its 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal while also providing additional capacity and speed benefitting our Hawaii service as well as our China-Long Beach Express service. The integrated systems from Kongsberg Maritime will enable us to make the most efficient use of energy on board, including power generated from the main shaft and the battery system, which provide additional emission-free energy in peak load conditions.”
Kongsberg Maritime may also provide rotary vane steering gear and management methods, along with a full bundle of monitoring, automation and management methods for the LNG gas gasoline provide management and security methods, tank gauging and instrumentation.
All methods on this bundle, together with the vessels’ propulsion management and energy administration, will all be linked to the Okay-Chief Integrated Automation System from Kongsberg.
Lasse Brynsrud, Kongsberg Maritime, Senior Sales Manager Marine Transportation, stated, “Through their investment in three new LNG-powered containerships, Matson Navigation Company is making a clear commitment to decarbonize its operations. Kongsberg Maritime is delighted to be supporting their environmental goals through the supply of a wide range of green ship technologies, including our hybrid electrical system, which together will optimize energy usage and reduce emissions.”
