Ship&Offshore | Issue 06/2023
Power package for Brazilian Navy ship
NPo | An Antarctic support vessel being built for the Brazilian Navy at Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz shipyard is to have a range of power-related systems supplied by technology group Wärtsilä. They will include three Wärtsilä 32 diesel generating sets, a diesel-electric power conversion unit, two bow thruster drives, and a Power Management System. The Polar vessel, Navio Polar Almirante Saldanha (NPo) , will be operated by the Brazilian Navy and is of strategic importance in maintaining the country’s presence in the Antarctic and ensuring the continuity of research undertaken at the Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station....