OCTOBER 9, 2015—This past September, Wärtsilä signed an order to supply its new medium-speed Wärtsilä 31 engine for a new generation icebreaker currently under construction at the PJSC Vyborg Shipyard in Russia.
Mr Holm joined Wärtsilä in 1997 and has held several managerial positions, most recently leading the engines organization, responsible for Wärtsilä’s engine production and R&D for the marine and energy markets. Before that he has led Seals & Bearings, Solutions Management and Business Development within the Services business, and has worked as CIO for Wärtsilä Corporation.
“I am very pleased to have Roger follow me as the President of Marine Solutions. He has a passion for quality and he deeply understands the customer demands. Over the years, Roger has demonstrated strong leadership in his many challenging positions,” says Mr. Eskola, who will become President and CEO of Wärtsilä on November 1, succeeding Björn Rosengren, who will become the CEO of Swedish base engineering group Sandvi
SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 — Ålesund, Norway, headquartered Skipsteknisk has won a contract from Granit Halstensen AS to design what will be Norway’s largest factory trawler. To be built by Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard,
SEPTEMBER 4, 2015 — Under one of the largest ballast water management system (BWMS) retrofit contracts issued thus far, eleven containerships owned by Hamburg, Germany, headquartered Bernhard Schulte GmbH & Co. KG
AUGUST 11, 2015—Wärtsilä’s Board of Directors has appointed Jaakko Eskola, MSc (Eng.), as the new President and CEO of Wärtsilä Corporation. He will assume the position on November 1, 2015, succeeding Mr Björn
JULY 19, 2015—The first of dual fuel ferry ever built for North America was launched yesterday at Chantier Davie Canada Inc. in Levis, Quebec. The MV Armand-Imbeau II is the first of
JULY 17, 2015 — Wärtsilä is to cut some 600 jobs, about 160 of them in Finland, at its Ship Power business, which it has now renamed Marine Solutions. The job cuts
JULY 6, 2015 — A major cross-industry initiative led by MAN Diesel & Turbo, Wärtsilä, and Winterthur Gas & Diesel, to develop basic technologies for use in two stroke and four stroke
JUNE 2, 2015—Today, Wärtsilä literally pulled the wraps off of a brand new four-stroke engine at an open air unveiling ceremony held in Aker Brygge in Oslo, Norway in conjunction with the
MAY 25, 2015—Wärtsilä has developed propulsion systems that are capable of operating with Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants (EALs) and comply with the U.S. Vessel General Permit 2013 (VGP-2013). Wärtsilä is among the first