Eastern Pacific Shipping’s CoolCo has upgraded the propulsion drives of nine of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers.
According to a statement by Swiss engineering group ABB, its modernization solution enhanced the drives’ reliability, extending their lifetime by more than ten years.
CoolCo owns nine dual-fuel diesel-electric ships powered by ABB’s propulsion systems, comprising generators, transformers, medium voltage switchboards, MV frequency converters, and propulsion motors.
The vessels are equipped with ACS6000 frequency converters, two units per vessel.
To upgrade to the latest technology and prolong lifetime, ABB delivered a modular modernization, only replacing electronic and control components as necessary, it said.
The modernization included ABB’s universal control unit platform for more computational power as well as enhanced maintenance and troubleshooting capabilities, it said.
Earlier this year, CoolCo completed its previously announced merger with a unit of Singapore’s EPS.
In addition to nine TFDE LNG carriers, CoolCo has four modern 2-stroke LNG carriers.
EPS also ordered two 175,000-cbm LNG carriers at China’s Jiangnan Shipyard in January this year, its first LNG carrier order in China.