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Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. January 28, 2021 ABB has secured a contract with Haemin Heavy Industries shipyard to provide a complete power and propulsion solution for Busan Port Authority’s first all-electric passenger ferry (Image: ABB) ABB said it has secured a contract with Haemin Heavy Industries shipyard to provide a complete power and propulsion solution for Busan Port Authority’s first all-electric passenger ferry. Due for delivery in 2022, the new ferry represents the first commitment by South Korean authorities to a plan which will see 140 state-owned conve...

January 13, 2021 Press Release – Debut contract with Dutch luxury yacht builder Oceanco on Azipod® technology installation project paves the way for broader cooperation on sustainable electric propulsion in a market expected to exceed $10 billion by 2025 Specified for a superyacht built to the highest sustainability standards, ABB’s integrated project scope covers the supply of two 2.5 MW Azipod® units, together with propulsion drives and controls. The Azipod® system is well-known for superior fuel efficiency and maneuverability over conventional setups across a broad variety of vessel...

First BLOS Command & Control Demo of Drone Completed Using MQ-9 Our Bureau 2129 MQ-9 Reaper drone General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) completed the first Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) High Frequency (HF) Command and Control (C2) demonstration for an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) using its MQ-9 drone. The HF C2 capability does not require a Satellite Communications (SATCOM) link and is capable of providing BLOS connectivity up to 8,000 miles, depending on transmit power and link geometry. For the demo, GA-ASI integrated the U.S. Government’s Collaborative Operations in Denie...

ABB named leader in distributed control systems 21 Dec 2020 ABB, the automation specialists, have been named as a Distributed Control Systems (DCS) market leader for the 21st consecutive year. A new report by the ARC Advisory Group stated that ABB is the number one DCS company, due to customer focus, digital innovation and remote services. DCS a growing field, with ABB in a leadership position DCS are central to automation in the energy and process industries, playing a key role within Industry 4.0 and representing a global market valued at $15 billion, the analysts state. Holding an ove...

UAV updates: Overcoming a navigation challenge, autonomous UAS rolls out The Boeing B-777 or “Triple-7” is a big airplane — at over 200 feet long, with a wingspan of more than 200 feet, it carries more than 300 people. But getting it from one airport to its destination, which could be up to 8,500 nautical miles away, presents a significant navigation challenge. Combined Air Data and Inertial Reference Unit(s) (ADIRU) and three GPS L1 receivers form the certified primary navigation sensor cluster for the B-777-200. Boeing has been undertaking its ecoDemonstraor program using various mode...