Helsinki-headquartered Wärtsilä says it has been awarded a contract to design a new series of jack-up vessels to serve maintenance vessels in the offshore oil and gas. The company announced Tuesday it had signed the contract in March with a well known Chinese yard. The new design will be developed by Wärtsilä Ship Design in collaboration with Altis, a consultancy … [Read more...]
Wärtsilä to Design New Deep Water Dive Support Vessel
Wärtsilä has announced that it has signed a contract with Shanghai Bestway Marine Engineering Design Co Ltd to design a new type of deep water dive support vessel. The ship is to be built for China state-owned Shanghai Salvage Bureau (SSB), one of the largest professional salvage companies in China. The contract with Wärtsilä was signed in January. According to Wärtsilä, … [Read more...]
ClassNK to Acquire Marine Software Giant NAPA
Tokyo-based classification society ClassNK announced today an agreement to acquire NAPA, the world’s leading maritime software house, in a deal hailed as a landmark agreement for improved safety and performance of the whole maritime industry. ClassNK says the deal is a chance to expand and improve the wide range of services it offers to shipowners and shipyards, while also … [Read more...]
Wärtsilä Unveils New Aframax Tanker Design
Wärtsilä Ship Design has unveiled a new Aframax tanker design said to be highly efficient to meet current and upcoming emissions legislation. The new double hull, single screw crude oil tanker design features a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) optimized hull for less resistance and higher efficiency, with special consideration given to flow lines and pressure distribution … [Read more...]
Emma Maersk’s Wärtsilä-Sulzer Super Ship Engine – Part 2
Back... Click HERE to read Part 1 of our Mega Engine Series The Emma Maersk's Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel ship engine is the most powerful and most efficient prime-mover of super ships in the world today. The RTA96-C is the largest engine in the world and is available in 6 through 14 cylinder versions, all are inline engines. These … [Read more...]
LNG Bunkering – Jahre Marine Announces First Vessel
Jahre Marine AS signed a new building contract today with the chinese shipyard Avic Dingheng for building the first seagoing LNG carrier for bunkering and small scale distribution. The LNG vessel cargo tank capacity is 6200 cbm. "Avic Dingheng Shipyard has long experience and knowledge in building LNG, LPG and Ethylen carriers as well as product and chemical carriers. " Said … [Read more...]
Rolls-Royce Forms Dedicated Team For Naval Ship Design
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, says it has formed a new team dedicated to the development of naval ship designs in order to meet the growing trend of commercial marine technology crossing over into the naval market. Rolls-Royce says the new team will develop vessels for customers such as navies, coast guards and other maritime agencies. New designs, which … [Read more...]