ABB order for Baleária ferry

ABB’s advisory software will be installed onboard Baleária’s Martin i Soler, with the option to extend the project to an additional two vessels in the fleet.

Guillermo Alomar, fleet manager, Baleária, said: “Baleária and ABB are expecting over 2% savings in propulsion power used at sea through the installation of the trim optimisation system and hull monitoring, which will have the same impact on fuel consumption and reducing emissions.”

The package includes the EMMA Advisory Suite which is a decision support tool to minimise the overall energy costs for vessels, both individually and as part of a fleet.

EMMA Advisory Suite is part of ABB’s vessel information and control portfolio. It advises crew onboard steering adjustments to be made using real time monitoring.

All data generated onboard is then transferred to a cloud based application for vessel benchmarking.This provides onshore management with visibility of energy consumption across the entire fleet.

So far ABB has equipped more than 170 vessels with these advisory systems enabling them to operate more safely and efficiently.