Wärtsilä to power eleven new Spliethoff Group vessels
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release, 15 December 2009Wärtsilä, the marine industry's leading ship power system integrator,has during 2009 been awarded two large orders from the SpliethoffGroup, headquarted in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The orders are forpropulsion systems for eleven ships that the Spliethoff Group hasordered at the Ouhua Shipyard in Zhejiang, China. The Wärtsilä scopeof delivery includes engines, propellers and efficiency rudders, aswell as bow thrusters forming a complete integrated propulsion systemfor the ships.The new orders are for five 16,800 dwt Heavy-Lift vessels to beoperated by BigLift Shipping, and six 12,500 dwt Multipurposevessels. Deliveries of the Heavy-Lift vessels will take place betweenAugust and December 2010, and the Multipurpose vessels will bedelivered between December 2010 and May 2011. With these additionalnewbuildings the total order book is now about 20 vessels underdelivery with Wärtsilä propulsion solutions for the Spliethoff Group"These new contracts strengthen the successful and long-standingrelationship between Spliethoff and Wärtsilä. More than 60 Spliethoffvessels in operation are equipped with Wärtsilä propulsion systems"says Reinier de Vries, Senior Account Manager, Wärtsilä in theNetherlands.For the Heavy-Lift vessels, Wärtsilä's scope includes an 8-cylinderin-line Wärtsilä 46 main engine with an output of 8400kW at 500 rpm,a controllable pitch (CP) propeller, a Wärtsilä Energopac efficiencyrudder, and a bow thruster."The propulsion technology carried by these vessels has beeneffectively optimized by designing an efficient rudder/propellercombination, and by employing a six-metre propeller. Wärtsilä usedboth computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and full-scale tank tests infinalising the design," adds de Vries.For each Multipurpose vessel, Wärtsilä will be delivering a6-cylinder in-line Wärtsilä 46 main engine with an output of 5430kWat 500 rpm, a CP propeller and bow thrusters. The design of theengine and propeller allows the customer to achieve maximum fuelefficiency.Long-time customer of WärtsiläSpliethoff is a long-time customer of Wärtsilä. The company'sactivities include worldwide transportation of forest products andcomprehensive services designed to meet the needs of large projects,especially those undertaken by the oil, gas and telecom industries.Spliethoff is also engaged in global parcel delivery services.The Spliethoff Group owns and operates a large and modern fleet ofabout 100 vessels, of which 55 are Multipurpose tween-deck vesselsranging between 12,000 and 24,000 dwt tonnes. When heavy-dutyequipment is required, the company calls on the assistance of BigLiftShipping, a Spliethoff Group company.Spliethoff's policy is to build a series production of a number ofsister vessels. This ensures that several vessels of the same sizeare available, thus providing excellent operational flexibility.Link to a picture can be found at the end of this release.Caption: Wärtsilä will deliver the propulsion systems for eleven newSpliethoff Group vessels to be built at the Ouhua Shipyard in China.The picture is of the D4-type 16,800 dwt Heavy-Lift vessels to beoperated by BigLift Shipping.Media contact:Ms Marit Holmlund-SundSenior Manager, PR and Marketing CommunicationsWärtsilä CorporationDirect tel: +358 10 709 1439Direct fax: +358 10 709 1425e-mail: marit.holmlund-sund(at)wartsila.comInternet: www.wartsila.comWärtsilä in brief:Wärtsilä is a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions forthe marine and energy markets. By emphasising technologicalinnovation and total efficiency, Wärtsilä maximises the environmentaland economic performance of the vessels and power plants of itscustomers.In 2008, Wärtsilä's net sales totalled EUR 4.6 billion with 19,000employees. The company has operations in 160 locations in 70countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on the NASDAQ OMXHelsinki, Finland.www.wartsila.comhttp://hugin.info/131481/R/1361182/332385.jpgThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
Datum: 15.12.2009 - 09:00 Uhr
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