蘇黎世3月三十日新聞――電力和自動化技術領袖集團ABB簽署了價值超過一億一千萬美元的協議，為正在歐洲和亞洲建造的新船提供Azipod推進器，發電機和配電系統。 ABB過程自動化公司總裁Veli-Matti Reinikkala表示：“非常高興我們繼續加強船舶建造的市場”，“客戶對我們集成解決方案的信賴程度還是很高的，這得益于ABB公司在船只操作方面可靠而節能的成熟的專業經驗。 新項目包括： • 為挪威和中國造船廠建造的九艘平臺供應船提供的電氣推進系統，以及在挪威建造的一艘遙控潛器工作母船，海上施工船和一艘輕量級休井船。 • 為韓國韓進重工和建造公司建造的十五萬三千立方米液化天然氣船完成電氣推進系統 • 完成韓國大宇造船與船舶公司建造的Petroserv鉆機用半潛式鉆井架電源組 • 完成在新加坡和韓國建造的一個自升式鉆井平臺和三個鉆井設備船安裝鉆機驅動組 • 名人號油輪用Solstice-class船，帶兩個主推進器，中壓發電機，主配電盤，變頻器，變壓器和艏側推器馬達用20.5兆瓦Azipod組，該船將由德國Meyer Werft公司制造。 original text [COLOR=#708090][b]ABB wins $110 million in marine orders Reliable, energy-efficient propulsion and power systems for 19 new vessels[/b] Zurich, Switzerland, March 30, 2007 – ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has signed contracts worth more than $110 million to supply Azipod propulsion, power-generation and power-distribution systems for 19 new vessels being built in Europe and Asia. “We are very pleased with the continuing strength of the marine construction market,” said Veli-Matti Reinikkala, head of ABB‘s Process Automation division. “Customer confidence in our integrated solutions remains high, thanks to proven ABB expertise in delivering reliability and energy efficiency for vessel operators.”” The new projects include: • Electrical propulsion systems for nine platform supply vessels, to be built in shipyards in Norway and China, as well as one remotely operated vehicle support vessel, one offshore construction vessel and one light well intervention vessel, all to be built in Norway. • complete electrical propulsion systems for a 153,000 cubic meter Liquefied Natural Gas （LNG） vessel from Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction of Korea. • total electrical power system package for one semi-submersible drilling rig for Petroserv, from South Korea‘s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. • drilling drive packages for one jackup rig and three drill ships to be built in Singapore and Korea. • one Solstice-class vessel for Celebrity Cruises, with two 20.5 MW Azipod units for main propulsion, medium-voltage generators, main switchboards, frequency converters, transformers, and bow thruster motors. The vessel will be built by Meyer Werft of Germany. [/COLOR]