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United Wind takes ABB advisory software fleetwide

By: Tom Russell 25/02/2021 ABB

General Vessels

United Wind Logistics’ module deck carrier VestVind will utilise ABB Ability Marine Advisory System – OCTOPUS to support real-time decision making as it transports large wind farm components such as turbines, foundations and blades to offshore installation sites.

By minimizing unwanted vessel motions and acceleration's, ABB Ability Marine Advisory System – OCTOPUS software is designed to help protect high-value payloads in transit, at the same time boosting vessel efficiency by optimising the route based on vessel motions resulting from weather and wave conditions.

ABB Ability Marine Fleet Portal implementation is also as part of the scope. The Fleet Portal allows vessel and cargo owners to view the status and location of assets online and gives access to reports sent from ship to server during high-stakes operations.

“ABB is proud that customers in the offshore wind farm vessel segment are showing as much trust in OCTOPUS software as it has in other parts of the heavy lift vessel market,” said Antto Shemeikka, Vice President Digital Services, ABB Marine & Ports. “The growing demand for the offshore wind power calls for larger wind turbines, and the installation of these, in turn, requires larger, more sophisticated vessels. Insights into the motions of these vessels becomes more significant from the safety point of view and of greater value to charterers needing to evaluate movements of special loads.”

“The benefits of ABB’s marine advisory system continue to prove compelling,” said Christoph Puschmann, Managing Director, United Wind Logistics. “As demand for larger wind farm components grows and we are tasked with transporting heavier and ever-more expensive cargoes, the importance of motion monitoring and forecasting only increases. We look forward to reaping the same safety and efficiency benefits onboard VestVind as we have secured for our newbuildings BoldWind and BraveWind.”

Installation of ABB’s solution on board the 130-meter, 10,238-DWT VestVind follows the application on board United Wind’s module deck carriers BoldWind and BraveWind, both delivered in 2020

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