JANUARY 15, 2019 — French ferry operator La Méridionale’s RoPax ferry Piana has achieved demonstrated fuel savings wiith the help of the latest energy management technology from Wärtsilä company Eniram. Piana, which
JANUARY 11, 2019 — Wärtsilä has appointed Torsten Buessow as Director of its Transas business. He will report to Joonas Makkonen, Vice President of Voyage Solutions at Wärtsilä. Buessow joins Wärtsilä from
NOVEMBER 29, 2018 — Introduced at this week’s International Workboat Show, the Wärtsilä 14 is a high-speed, compact engine designed to fit requirements for limited space and weight, lower capital expense and
NOVEMBER 28, 2018 — In a test involving the 85 m long Norwegian ferry Norled Wärtsilä has successfully completed what is believed to be the first ever fully automated dock-to-dock operation, in complete
NOVEMBER 23, 2018 — A Norwegian fishing vessel delivered in 1998 is to be the first vessel to be retrofitted with a Wärtsilä 31 engine. After the retrofit is completed, the vessel’s
NOVEMBER 8, 2018 — Wärtsilä has developed a system that will facilitate a vessel’s approach and entrance into waterway locks. Development work on the lock entry assist system has been carried out
NOVEMBER 5, 2018 —The largest high-speed catamaran thus far ordered for operation on LNG fuel, will feature a fully integrated scope of Wärtsilä equipment. As we reported earlier (see story) the 125
OCTOBER 31, 2018 — Wärtsilä reports that it has divested its pumps business to Solix Group, a Scandinavian investment company with offices in Copenhagen, Denmark and Malmö, Sweden. The business had sales
OCTOBER 29, 2018 — Classification society ABS has introduced comprehensive guidance providing the marine and offshore industries a goal-based framework to enable data-driven decision making based on smart technology. The ABS Guidance
OCTOBER 26, 2018 — Wärtsilä is to provide the ship design for a state-of-the-art factory fishing trawler to be built for RK Lenina at the Yantar shipyard, Kaliningrad, Russia. The vessel will
