The new processing and transportation vessel to be built at the Balenciaga shipyard in Spain on behalf of Norways Hav Line will be the first with a hybrid/battery propulsion system delivered by Wärtsilä.
The Finnish technology group has been contracted to deliver the ship design [ds_preview]and to supply an integrated solution comprising a 10-cylinder Wärtsilä 31 main engine, auxiliary engines, propulsion machinery, the propulsion remote control system, and the electrical & automation system. The vessel is scheduled for delivery in summer 2018.
According to a statement of Wärtsilä, it is the world‘s first processing and transportation vessel for the fish farming industry to utilise this solution. By absorbing most of the engine‘s load fluctuations and vessel load variations through batteries, the engines can be operated close to its optimum design point, thereby providing the highest level of efficiency, which in turn minimises the exhaust emissions, it is said.
The vessel‘s hybrid propulsion machinery has the PTI/PTO (power take-in/ power take-off) powered by batteries. »The fish farming industry, like other marine industry sectors, is seeking better ship designs and greater efficiencies that reduce overall operating costs and lessen the environmental impact. Wärtsilä is proud to have been selected for this project that introduces the world‘s first hybrid propulsion system for this kind of vessel,« says Riku-Pekka Hägg, Vice President, Wärtsilä Ship Design.
