Tag: Wärtsilä

Wärtsilä to supply 6 main propulsion systems

Wärtsilä, the marine solutions and services provider, will supply complete main propulsion systems for six new chemical tankers. The ships are being built at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group yard in China on behalf of Stolt Tankers B.

Wärtsilä to supply propulsion solutions

Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, will supply propulsion solutions for six new offshore pipe-laying vessels (PLVs) being built by IHC Merwede. Three of the ships are to be built for Subsea 7, the seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services contractor to the offshore energy industry.

Wärtsilä is SHI’s ‘Excellent Partner 2013’

newsitemSamsung Heavy Industries (SHI) of Korea, the leading international shipbuilding company, has conferred its ‘Excellent Partner 2013’ award on Wärtsilä.

Hamworthy joins Wärtsilä

newsitemWärtsilä has announced that Hamworthy plc has become part of Wärtsilä, strengthening the company’s position in the global marine Market.

Dual-fuel power plant order

newsitemWartsila has been awarded the contract to supply a complete Flexicycle(TM) dual-fuel power plant to the Dominican Republic.

Rosengren new president and CEO of Wärtsilä

Wärtsilä has appointed Bjorn Rosengren as the new President and CEO of Wärtsilä Corporation. Rosengren will resign from his current position at Atlas Copco and assume his new position on 1 September 2011.

Rautaruukki turns 50

On 11 February 2010 Rautaruukki celebrated the 50th anniversary of its foundation.

Nigeria: multi-fuel power plant

Wartsila has been contracted to supply a 100MW power plant to be installed in Ewekoro, 70km from Lagos, Nigeria.

Ship design and propulsion contracts

Sealion Shipping has awarded Finland-based Wartsila ship design and propulsion contracts.

Sweden: biomass-fuelled CHP

Power plant manufacturer Wartsila has been awarded a contract to supply the equipment and installation for a biomass-fuelled combined heat and power plant (CHP) in the Swedish city of Halmstad.