Wärtsilä to supply main engines for nine ships to be built for Kuwait Oil Tanker
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release, 19 July 2012 at 10 am EET
Wärtsilä's RT-flex common rail engine technology provides environmental benefits
including low fuel consumption and reductions in exhaust emissions. The engine
waste heat is utilized to produce onboard electricity. These features help
maintaining and operating seaborne transportation in more economical and
sustainable ways.
Wärtsilä, the marine industry's leading system integrator, will supply the main
engines for a series of vessels being built for Kuwait Oil Tanker Co. (KOTC), a
Subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation. Four VLCCs (Very Large Crude Oil
Carriers), one Aframax tanker and four medium-range tankers are being built at
the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in South Korea.
The VLCCs will be fitted with 7-cylinder Wärtsilä RT-flex 82T engines and a
Waste Heat Recovery System, whereby the exhaust gas energy is utilized to
generate steam. This steam is used to operate a turbo generator that produces
electricity for the ship. The Aframax vessel will be powered by a Wärtsilä 6-
cylinder RT-flex 58T main engine, and the medium-range tankers by a Wärtsilä
7RT-flex50D main engine. All engines will be built by the Engine & Machinery
Division of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI-EMD), which is a Wärtsilä
licensee since 1975 and based in South-Korea. The orders were received during
the first half of the year.
Wärtsilä's RT-flex common rail engine technology is designed with electronically
controlled fuel injection and valve operation. Its benefits include extremely
low Specific Fuel Oil Consumption (SFOC) across the entire operation range, and
smokeless operation at all running speeds. The resulting reductions in exhaust
emissions are of considerable significance as the marine industry is under
pressure to reduce its environmental footprint.
"The choice of Wärtsilä RT-flex engines ensures that these new vessels will be
both fuel and energy efficient, and that their emissions will be minimized. It
is obvious that the Wärtsilä RT-flex82 engine is increasingly becoming the
preferred choice for VLCCs worldwide," says Lars Anderson, Vice President
Merchant, Wärtsilä Ship Power.
KOTC has considerable experience with Wärtsilä's engine technology. The company
already has two of its vessels fitted with Wärtsilä main engines and four
vessels fitted with Wärtsilä auxiliary engines.
More information:
Wärtsilä solutions for Merchant ships
Wärtsilä RT-flex 58T
Wärtsilä RT-flex82T
Wärtsilä RT-flex50D
Links to images:
RT-flex82T
RT-flex58T
For further information please contact:
Mr Ibrahim Behairy
Sales Director, Wärtsilä Ship Power
Wärtsilä Gulf FZE
Tel. +971 56 68 343 89
Ibrahim.behairy(at)wartsila.com
Ms Mirja-Maija Santala
Media Manager
Wärtsilä Corporation
Tel. +358 400 793 827
mirja-maija.santala(at)wartsila.com
Wärtsilä in brief
Wärtsilä is a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine
and energy markets. By emphasising technological innovation and total
efficiency, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and economic performance of the
vessels and power plants of its customers. In 2011, Wärtsilä's net sales
totalled EUR 4.2 billion with approximately 18,000 employees. The company has
operations in nearly 170 locations in 70 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is
listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, Finland.
www.wartsila.com
RT-flex82T:
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RT-flex58:
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