DECEMBER 21, 2017— Wärtsilä has agreed to acquire Trident B.V., a Netherland based company specializing in underwater ship maintenance, inspection, and repair services. The move would make Wärtsilä the first global operator
DECEMBER 19, 2017 — A 36 m Robert Allan Ltd. design TundRA 3600-H class icebreaking escort tug under construction at Spain’s Gondan Shipbuilding will be the first vessel in operation with a
DECEMBER 12, 2017 — Under the terms of a recently signed MOU, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Equipment Co. (MHI-MME) and Wärtsilä plan to combine innovative technologies from both companies to
DECEMBER 7, 2017 — Launched at this week’s Marintec China event in China, Wärtsilä Linesafe is designed to bring significant improvements to the performance of intermediate shaft bearing solutions. “The new Wärtsilä
DECEMBER 5, 2017 — Wärtsilä has launched the industry’s first tilted steerable thruster with combined electric retraction and steering, the Wärtsilä WST-24R, A notable feature of the new thruster is the gearbox,
DECEMBER 4, 2016 — Wärtsilä is launching an upgraded, more powerful version of its well established diesel engine. Cylinder output is upped from 185 kW to 220kW, increasing the engine’s power density
NOVEMBER 22, 2017—UK shipbuilder Ferguson Marine Engineering Limited (FMEL) recently launched the MV Glen Sannox, the first in a series of two LNG-fueled vehicle ferries, at its Ferguson shipyard in Port Glasgow. The
NOVEMBER 20, 2017 — Wärtsilä will supply the engines, the navigation system, and a broad scope of other products and systems for the 63,000 grt, 2,800 passenger LNG-fueled cruise ferry to be
NOVEMBER 7, 2017 — Wärtsilä is launching an energy saving solution designed to improve fuel efficiency by up to 10 percent by reducing the power losses which occur in the propeller’s slipstream
NOVEMBER 7, 2017 – Shell Trading (US) Company has finalized a long-term charter agreement with newly formed Q-LNG Transport, LLC for a U.S.-flag 4,000 m3 LNG bunker barge. The first of its kind
