Maersk Supply Service taps Wärtsilä to support its 2030 fleet decarbonization goals
5/28/2021
Maersk Minder deepwater anchor handler
The technology group Wärtsilä will supply its Wärtsilä HY Module, a containerized hybrid battery power and energy storage system to Maersk Supply Service, the Denmark based provider of offshore marine services and integrated solutions for the global energy sector. The Wärtsilä system will support Maerskâs goal of reducing the carbon intensity of its fleet by 50 percent before the end of this decade. The order with Wärtsilä was placed in May 2021.
The hybrid power conversion will be carried out on the âMaersk Minderâ, a deep water anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel during the early part of 2022. This is believed to be the worldâs first AHTS hybrid battery conversion. The expectation is that the Wärtsilä HY system will decrease fuel consumption, and therefore also carbon emissions, by 15 percent. The conversion will also reduce the vesselâs maintenance requirements while increasing operational performance.