Havila Kystruten ships will certainly start procedures on Norwegian seaside paths in January 2021
When Norway’s Kongsberg Group got the Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine (RRCM) service, it took on board a procedure that in 2018 reported a hidden loss of concerning $45 million. It is recognized that that component of Kongsberg’s inner method for returning the previous RRCM tasks to earnings is to make the most of possibilities in the solution and also upkeep location.
A considerable brand-new solution arrangement with Havila Kystruten AS marks an appealing initial step because instructions.
The NOK 150 million (concerning $18 million) ten-year lengthy “power-by-the-hour” solution arrangement with Kongsberg covers 4 brand-new LNG-fueled seaside cruise ship vessels.
The ships are of Havyard 923 layout. Two of get on order at Spanish shipbuilder Astillero Hijos de J. Barreras and also 2 at Turkey’s Tersan shipyard. They will certainly be geared up with a big devices plan from Kongsberg Maritime that, when the ships were gotten in 2018, initially lugged the Rolls-Royce tag, consisting of Azipull major propulsion thrusters with long-term magnet (PM) drive electric motor, PM passage thrusters, and also stabilizers. Kongsberg is additionally supplying the ship’s LNG systems, that include 4 Rolls-Royce Bergen gas engines (although Rolls-Royce maintains possession of Bergen Engines, Kongsberg remains to have accessibility to its items with a trading setup).
Kongsberg introduced power-by-the-hour in 2017, and also registered its initial client for the solution, NorLines, the very same year.
Under the power-by-the hr arrangement, the vessel proprietor hands the obligation for solution preparation and also efficiency back to the devices vendor, Kongsberg Maritime.
The client pays a set cost per hr of procedure, per ship. Kongsberg Maritime keeps track of the devices aboard each vessel from ashore, gathering information from onboard sensing units. Kongsberg’s designers will certainly have the ability to attach to the ship and also execute solution tasks from another location or, if essential, send a solution designer to do the work.
The arrangement additionally covers organized upkeep, while everyday upkeep aboard ship will certainly be performed by the delivery business itself.
“It’s extremely important for Havila Kystruten to operate our new fleet with as little downtime as possible due to service requirements or equipment failure. Power-by-the-hour is a tool made possible in the age of digitalization, and we are looking forward to experience its benefits for our customers,” states Per Sævik, Chairman of Havila Kystruten.
“Power-by-the-hour harnesses the power of ‘big data.” The system allows us to provide ships far better and also a lot more detailed solution arrangements than previously,” states Egil Haugsdal, President, Kongsberg Maritime.
