Container and Specialised Cargo vessels are typical targets for Diesel Electric Propulsion including Azipod® thrusters.

ABB provides electric propulsion system arrangements to meet individual customer requirements and redundancy concepts and the strict availability demands of Cargo and Container Vessels.

Azipod is the preferred choice if more cargo space and easy manouvering are the main objective, whereas CRP Azipod® is the solution for fuel savings on fast and long distances.
CRP Azipod® improves the hydrodynamic propulsion efficiency by10 %.

With electric propulsion, a common Medium Voltage power plant is shared by both propulsion and cargo handling. Because cargo unloading and propulsion are never performed simultaneously, the total amount of installed power can be reduced - typically by more than 10%.