The contract covers systematic maintenance planning, critical spares management, and cutting-edge digital solutions for condition monitoring.
Simplifying service management
It will simplify service management of the propulsion units: ABB experts will be available remotely 24/7 to support the vessels’ electric engineering crew on maintenance, based on the ABB Ability Remote Diagnostic System and ABB Ability Condition Monitoring for Azipod propulsion application. The operator accumulates data about Azipod propulsion performance, making spare part management and dry dock planning more predictable and cost-efficient.
‘This agreement helps optimize our long-term fleet performance while supporting our ongoing efforts to further improve energy and fuel efficiency, and reduce emissions throughout our global operations,’ remarked Michael Kaczmarek, SVP marine technology, Carnival Corp.
‘We are also creating predictability on maintenance costs and spares planning which delivers significant gains for planning, procedures and ship performance over the long term. We see this strategic and collaborative agreement as an excellent example of what can be achieved in our ship performance objectives through collaboration with our key technology suppliers.’
A high-power solution
Azipod XO propulsion is ABB’s solution for high-power open water applications and particularly suited for cruise vessels.
Juha Koskela, division president, ABB Marine & Ports, said the agreement and its 15-year timeframe strengthen the already long-standing collaboration between the two companies, ‘We take great pride in making sure Carnival Corporation’s cruise vessels get the full benefits of an optimized maintenance plan, service offering and access to our digital services around the world.’
ABB secured its first Azipod propulsion order for Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Elation in 1995, and after selecting the solution for a second Fantasy-class vessel, Carnival Corp. went on to choose Azipod propulsion for more than 40 vessels across its cruise brands.
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