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NAO Galaxy has been delivered but will remain at the yard that built her until the market improves and employment opportunities arise

Ice class Azipod units ready for month long voyage from Helsinki to Asia.

Lubricants supplier Total Lubmarine has received a no objection letter from Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) for the use of its cylinder lubricant Talusia Optima with the whole range of Wärtsilä engines.

(Reuters) Libya’s U.N.-backed government has signed a deal with an armed brigade controlling the major Ras Lanuf and Es Sider oil ports to end a blockade and restart exports from the terminals shut down since December 2014

The 16-cylinder gas engine will cover a power range from 1,500kW to 2,000kW and will be based on MTU’s proven 16V 4000 M63 diesel engine for workboats. As of the end of 2017, the first series engines will be used to power a tug built by Damen Shipyards Group for towage and salvage company Svitzer.

The first B33:45 engine to go to sea is this 9-cylinder version installed on the fishing vessel Holmøy

Finnish power solutions provider Wärtsilä has announced the realignment of its ship power business that will result in the termination of 600 jobs.

The 10m pound refurbishment project to replace two decommissioned 5MW Mirrlees generators at La Collette Power Station with two refurbished 11MW Sulzer diesel generators was a huge

ENGINES AND ENGINE COMPONENTS

Largest and most powerful MAN B&W-branded engine makes market début aboard large container vessel

The Mitsui-MAN B&W 7G50ME-C9.5-GIE at Mitsui’s Tamano Works

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) has placed an order for a 50.4-MW, low-speed, diesel plant with BWSC, the Danish contracting arm of MAN Diesel’s Japanese licensee

The 500th engine factory acceptance test (FAT) was completed for Wärtsilä 50DF engine at the Wärtsilä-Hyundai Engine Company

Container ships are some of the largest and heaviest vessels that plough on the seas. They measure up to 1,200 feet in length

Jaakko Eskola, president and chief executive, Wärtsilä: “Through this acquisition Wärtsilä takes a solid lead in marine digitalisation"

No, my dear readers. It’s not easy. Out at sea every day is something different. Something enjoyable and something strange. But each day is unique in its own sense. This is one such day. A day in the life of a fourth engineer on ship.

The new MTU gas marine engine, the first from Rolls-Royce, has already successfully completed 3,000 hours on the test bench, the Company says in its press release.

Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply newbuild Chinese container vessels with a total of 24 9-cylinder Wärtsilä 32 Auxpac generating sets.

The Electro-Motive 645 and 710 series diesels are used in many modern tugs as well as a wide variety of other marine propulsion and generating applications.

Following its recent inspection of test processes, Finnish engineering company Wärtsilä Corporation said that the probe revealed some defects in certain fuel consumption