Wärtsilä 20 diesel now packs more power

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

First dual-fuel ferry built in U.K. launched by FMEL

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

LNG fueled ferry to have Wärtsilä engines and nav system

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

VIDEO: Next-gen Wärtsilä stator promises major fuel savings

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

Shell commits to U.S.-built, U.S.-based LNG bunkering ATB

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

Wärtsilä books a hush-hush contract from the Faroe Islands

OCTOBER 31, 2017 — A research vessel being built at the MEST shipyard in the Faroe Islands is to have an ultra-silent Wärtsilä propulsion package. The 54 m vessel is being built

Wärtsilä inks eight ship maintenance agreement with GasLog LNG

OCTOBER 20, 2017 — Wärtsilä has signed a maintenance agreement with Monaco based GasLog LNG Services, covering eight LNG carriers with Wärtsilä dual fuel engines. The agreement covers Dynamic Maintenance Planning (DMP),

Wärtsilä 34DF engines picked for four LNG carriers

OCTOBER 18, 2017 — Four new 174 cu.m LNG carrier vessels being built at the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard in China will each be fitted with four Wärtsilä 34DF dual-fuel generating sets running

VIDEO: World first conversion takes LNG-fueled OSV hybrid

OCTOBER 13, 2017 — Eidesvik Offshore’s Viking Princess has become the world’s first offshore vessel to use battery power to reduce the number of generators on board. The five year old Norwegian

Wärtsilä acquires vessel positioning specialist

OCTOBER 10, 2017 — Wärtsilä has acquired Leicester, U.K. headquartered Guidance Marine Limited, a privately owned specialist in sensor solutions relating to dynamic positioning and other vessel control systems, such as collision

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