Wärtsilä bags €100m supply order for engines

The technology group Wärtsilä will supply dual-fuel engines for six new 172,500 cbm LNG carrier vessels being built to serve the Arctic LNG 2 Project in Russian Arctic waters.

The order, which is valued at more than EUR 100 million, was placed in December 2020 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, said the company in a press release on Thursday.

Each vessel will be fitted with six Wärtsilä 46DF dual-fuel engines plus gas valve units and auxiliaries. Deliveries of the equipment will commence in August 2021.

There is an option for supplying engines for four more ships.

“This is a major newbuild project, and we were able to propose a technical solution that ensures clear benefits and cost savings for the customer. Our experience with LNG applications is unmatched, and this order represents an acknowledgement of that fact,” said Wärtsilä Marine Power’s Sales Director for East Asia & China Östen Lindell.

Wärtsilä has earlier supplied engines for 15 ships serving the Yamal LNG Project, as well as numerous dual-fuel engines for other LNG carriers built at the Daewoo yard.