Offshore wind vessel first to feature electric VSPs March 10, 2021, by Adrijana Buljan
The two first electric Voith Schneider Propellers (eVSP) ever manufactured will be soon installed in a new commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) being built by Gondan Shipbuilders for Østensjø Rederi.
According to the shipyard, the eVSPs arrived last week at its main facilities in Castropol, Asturias, in Spain, and are ready to be installed prior to the vessel’s launch.
Gondan Shipbuilders and the new CSOV will be the first shipyard and the first vessel in the world to use electric VSPs after the technology passed the factory acceptance test (FAT) a couple of weeks ago at Voith facilities in Germany.