Wärtsilä divests its pump business
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
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ABS issues guidance on implementing smart functions
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
Wärtsilä hooks design contract for advanced Russian factory trawler
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
Baleària says LNG fueled cat will be world’s longest and fastest
OCTOBER 26, 2018 — Spanish ferry operator Baleària says that construction of what will be the world’s first large LNG fueled fast passenger/cargo ferry will start in December, with entry into service
IMO CO2 targets can be met say Project Forward partners
OCTOBER 18, 2018 — Cut shipping CO2 emissions by 40% by 2030? That’s an IMO target that can be met, according to the participants in the Project Forward initiative led by Athens-Based
Wärtsilä inaugurates real-scale Hybrid Center
OCTOBER 17, 2018 — Wärtsilä has inaugurated its new Hybrid Center in Trieste, Italy. The real-scale center comprises an engine, batteries, power drives, a propeller load simulator utilizing an electric motor, a
Digital transformation: Wärtsilä is ahead of the curve
OCTOBER 16, 2018 — Much of the discussion among the 50,000 delegates at the recently concluded SMM 2018 exhibition in Hamburg, Germany, centered around how the marine industry is undergoing a digital
Ponant chooses Wärtsilä LNG solutions for ice class expedition ship
OCTOBER 15, 2018 — The polar ice-class expedition cruise vessel under construction by shipbuilder Vard for French operator Ponant will be powered by four 14 cylinder and two 10 cylinder Wärtsilä 31DF
Wärtsilä to equip U.K.’s largest marine simulation training center
OCTOBER 8, 2018 — Wärtsilä is to provide a full scope of marine simulators for a new training facility at Solent University’s Warsash School of Maritime Science and Engineering, located in Southampton,
Wärtsilä and Royal Caribbean extend long term service agreement
OCTOBER 4, 2018 — Wärtsilä and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. have extended a long term service agreement originally signed in 2013 to the year 2028. Under the agreement, Wärtsilä is optimizing the