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KONGSBERG MARITIME WINS STABILISER CONTRACT FOR TWO NEW FERRIES
Kongsberg, Norway, 30th June 2022– Kongsberg Maritime’s Dunfermline facility has announced a contract to supply Aquarius 50 Retractable Fin Stabilisers for two new ferries to be built by the Cemre Shipyard in Turkey for Scotland’s Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL).
The KONGSBERG Aquarius retractable fin stabilisers, due for delivery in 2023, are designed for high performance roll damping whilst offering low weight and high reliability coupled with low maintenance. The PLC based control system provides robust, reliable technology with simple operating interfaces and extremely comprehensive maintenance and diagnostic information through touch screens. The controls will also provide the innovative Eco feature for optimisation operation of the stabilisers.
KONGSBERG has enjoyed a long term relationship with CALMAC having provided stabilisers for their vessels over many decades, together with through-life service support which has included upgrade programmes to existing vessels.
Operating on the busiest service route on the Clyde and Hebrides network, the new 95 meter long vessels will have the capacity of 275-lanemeter for HGVs on the main deck and a total of 107 cars on both main and hoistable decks.
Recep Portakal, Project Manager of Cemre Shipyard commented, “It is a big proud moment to build such tailored projects for the communities in Islay and Jura, we are looking forward to making the most out of the cooperation between Kongsberg Maritime and CMAL.”
Jim Anderson, Director of Vessels of CMAL commented “We look forward to working again with the team at KONGSBERG to deliver stabilisers for our two new vessels for the communities in Islay and Jura. KONGSBERG has supplied stabilisers for many of the vessels in our fleet and is a trusted partner.”
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For further information, please contact:
Gunvor Hatling Midtbø, VP Communication
Kongsberg Maritime
Tel: +47 9921 4209
gunvor.hatling.midtbo@km.kongsberg.com
Alexia Fountain
Saltwater Stone
Tel: +44 (0)1202 669244
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Kongsberg Maritime is a global marine technology company providing innovative and reliable ‘Full Picture’ technology solutions for all marine industry sectors including merchant, offshore, cruise, subsea and naval. Headquartered in Kongsberg, Norway, Kongsberg Maritime has manufacturing, sales and service facilities in 34 countries.
Kongsberg Maritime solutions cover all aspects of marine automation, safety, manoeuvring, navigation, and dynamic positioning as well as energy management, deck handling and propulsion systems, and ship design services. Subsea solutions include single and multibeam echo sounders, sonars, AUV and USV, underwater navigation and communication systems.
Training courses at locations globally, LNG solutions, information management, position reference systems and technology for seismic and drilling operations are also part of the company’s diverse technology portfolio. Additionally, Kongsberg Maritime provides services within EIT (Electro, Instrument & Telecom) engineering and system integration, on an EPC (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) basis.
Kongsberg Maritime is part of Kongsberg Gruppen (KONGSBERG), an international, knowledge-based group that celebrated 200 years in business during 2014. KONGSBERG supplies high-technology systems and solutions to customers in the oil and gas industry, the merchant marine, and the defence and aerospace industries.
