Ship&Offshore | Issue 04/2012
Propulsion concept for research and supply vessel
S.A. AGULHAS II The design of the Antarctic research and supply vessel S.A. Agulhas II is based on a differentiated operating profile. Shipbuilding expert Ralf Witthohn describes how the occupational prognosis by the South African Ministry of Transport influenced GE Energy Power Conversion’s design of the electrical components of the ship’s propulsion and automation system.