In a marine industry first move to reduce methane slip, Wärtsilä has partnered with Chevron Shipping Company to convert one engine on each of six Chevron Transport Corporation LNG Carriers from dual-fuel
Wärtsilä has signed a five-year lifecycle agreement contract with Royal Caribbean Group covering 37 of the group’s cruise ships. The agreement is designed to optimize the performance, reliability and availability of the
Unveiled by Canada’s Thordon Bearings at the SMM trade fair in Hamburg, the Thordon-Blue Ocean Stern Space (T-BOSS) is a new solution designed to meet the propeller shaft requirements of the sterntubeless
Norway’s Eidesvik Offshore has awarded Wärtsilä a contract to supply the equipment for the world’s first conversion of a platform supply vessel (PSV) to ammonia fueling. The two companies first announced their
Wärtsilä is to supply a hybrid-electric propulsion system for the 11,000 dwt battery-hybrid self-unloading limestone carrier recently ordered by Canada’s CSL Group. As we reported earlier, CSL Group will build and operate
Late last year, San Francisco’s Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), the operator of the San Francisco Bay Ferry system, signed a strategic partnership agreement that will see Wärtsilä provide its fleet electrification
Following sea trials and the vessel’s positioning voyage from shipbuilder Astilleros Armon, Spanish ferry operator Baleària this week put its second 1,200 passenger/425 vehicle, LNG dual-fueled fast ferry, the Margarita Salas, into
Wärtsilä reports that it is to supply a fully integrated, mechanical drive, propulsion package for new 6,000 dwt LNG-fueled tankers being built for U.K. operator, James Fisher Everard Ltd., part of the
Ammonia doesn’t produce CO2, sulfur or particulate emissions when combusted, making it a prime candidate to be shipping’s new green fuel. There are currently no ammonia-fueled ships in operation, but Antwerp, Belgium,
Two new LNG-fueled RoPax ferries under construction at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard for CMA CGM subsidiary La Méridionale will feature an extensive range of Wärtsilä technology. The 180-meter long ferries will be