ABB receives orders for 2 icebreaker equipment in Finland

On June 30, 2011, ABB, the global leader in power and automation technology, announced in Zurich, Switzerland, that it has won more than $40 million in orders for the complete power and propulsion system for two new icebreakers, which will be built by Arctech Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland. . The order was confirmed in the first quarter of 2011.

Designed based on extreme weather in the Arctic Ocean, the two vessels will operate in ice floes up to 1.7 meters and temperatures as low as minus 35 degrees Celsius and are expected to be delivered in the spring of 2013.

The order includes power generation and distribution systems, thruster motors and two 6.5 MW propulsion system-drivers and Azipod® energy efficient electric propulsion units.