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Seabourn's two newbuilds will feature a broad assortment of Wärtsilä propulsion, electrical and automation solutions.

Mary Bond, Editor in Chief

March 16, 2016

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Seabourn Encore is already under construction at Fincantieri and Seabourn Ovation is scheduled to join the fleet in 2018.
 
The comprehensive range of Wärtsilä navigation, automation and sensor systems to be installed on these vessels includes the Wärtsilä Nacos Platinum and Wärtsilä Valmatic Platinum systems.

Wärtsilä will also deliver consoles for the bridge and engine control room, including a video wall. Also to be delivered by Wärtsilä is a tank level and flood detection system, as well as the valve remote control.
 
The scope of supply also includes a complete Wärtsilä electrical propulsion system.

For each of the vessels, Wärtsilä will supply four Wärtsilä 32 engines. The ships will be fitted with two 6 MW, low noise, diesel-electric propulsion units featuring a combination of innovative frequency converter design and redundant layouts. Wärtsilä will also supply four thruster drives for the bow and stern, four diesel alternators, four AC motors for the thrusters, two dedicated 6.6 kV switchboards for high voltage distribution, and four transformers for low voltage mains supply.
 
The Wärtsilä Nacos Platinum solution integrates all navigation and automation system controls into a single system that enables the vessel to be navigated, controlled, and monitored from various onboard positions.

The multi-functional work stations provide combined displays of radar, ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display and Information System) and conning information, as well as automatic steering and voyage planning operations.

Additionally, and on a similar product platform, the Wärtsilä Valmatic Platinum integrated automation system controls all onboard machinery, with added capabilities for vessel power management and integrated management.

Complete management control is maintained via a dedicated communications network connected to multi-purpose work stations in the engine control room and on the bridge.

About the Author

Mary Bond

Editor in Chief

Mary Bond is Group Director, Seatrade Cruise a division within Informa Markets and responsible for the Seatrade portfolio of global cruise events, print and online cruise publishing.

Mary is also the publisher and editor-in-chief of Seatrade Cruise News and Seatrade Cruise Review magazine.

Mary has worked in the shipping industry for 39 years, first for Lloyd’s Register of Shipping before joining Seatrade’s editorial team in 1985.

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