ABB Ltd Wins Order for Icebreaker in Russia's Arctic

ABB Ltd announced that it has recently won an order worth USD 35 million from the Baltic Shipyard Ltd. to supply propulsion and energy efficient electrical systems for a new icebreaker vessel under construction for Russia’s state shipping company Rosmorport FSUE. The order was booked in the third quarter of 2012. The delivery schedule is due to start in 2013 and the vessel will be delivered to Rosmorport in 2015. ABB will provide integrated power generation and distribution systems, thruster motors, fire-fighting pump motors as well as 25 MW (megawatts) propulsion systems. The propulsion system of the vessel features two Azipod thruster units (power output 2 x 7,5 MW) and one centerline arranged shafting with a fixed pitch propeller generating additional 10 MW output.