Wärtsilä two-stroke biz has new owner, new name

JANUARY 19, 2015 —The joint venture agreement between Wärtsilä and China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) for the take-over of Wärtsilä’s two-stroke engine business, which was announced in July 2014, has now been

VLEC newbuilds to have Wärtsilä gas handling systems

OCTOBER 13, 2014 — Six new 87,000 cu.m very large ethane carriers (VLECs) ordered by India’s Reliance Industries at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea, will feature Wärtsilä gas handling

Wärtsilä secures contract for Gulf of Mexico LNG facility

AUGUST 18, 2014—Wärtsilä will supply the control system for a shore-based Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fuelling facility in Port Fourchon, LA, owned by New Orleans-based Harvey Gulf International Marine, Inc. The facility

Wärtsilä pumps picked for Mariner FSU

FEBRUARY 14, 2014 — Wärtsilä is to supply a range of pumping solutions for a new Floating Storage Unit (FSU) that South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) is building for Statoil

Wärtsilä to supply power modules for Kraken FPSO

JANUARY 28, 2014 — Bumi Armada subsidiary Armada Kraken has awarded Wärtsilä an EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contract to supply a 62 MW topside power module solution for a Floating Production,

Wärtsilä spurns Rolls-Royce overtures

JANUARY 9 2014 — Wärtsilä Corporation has apparently rebuffed a takeover attempt by Rolls-Royce, at least for now. In a statement today the company said: “Wärtsilä Corporation notes the recent speculation about a

Wärtsilä names new CFO

JANUARY 28, 2013 — Marco Wirén (47), M.Sc. (Econ.), has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and member of the Board of Management of Wärtsilä Corporation, effective August 1, 2013.