Wärtsilä powers VeKa feeders

Wärtsilä was awarded a contract from Bijlsma Shipyard in Lemmer, Netherlands, to deliver propulsion plants for two 350 TEU container feeder vessels ordered by the Dutch VeKa Group

For each vessel, Wärtsilä will deliver an eight-cylinder Wärtsilä Vasa 32LN main engine, a Wärtsilä reduction gearbox, a 3.20 m-diameter Lips controllable-pitch propeller and a Lips transverse tunnel thruster. The Wärtsilä 8R32LN main engine has a maximum continuous power of 3,280 kW at 750 rpm. The ships are due for delivery at the end of 2007.