Wärtsilä to power new Chinese container vessels

The order was places in March through CSSC Wärtsilä Engine (CWEC). Each vessel will need four generating sets, making a total of 32 Wärtsilä sets in total.

“I would like to congratulate CWEC on winning this important order. It represents further evidence of our strong position in China’s shipbuilding market and our ability to provide local project support,” said Roger Holm, president of Wärtsilä Marine Solutions.

He added: “The Wärtsilä Auxpac 32 engine is a good choice for this application since its design parameters are very much in line with the operational profile needs of the vessel.”

The total power output from the contracted Wärtsilä engines will exceed 100 MW. It met the customer’s requirements of reliability, economic fuel consumption and high availability.

Delivery of the engines to the yard will commence in the first half of 2017.

Mr Holm concluded: “We are also very pleased to be working with CSCL, a company with whom we have enjoyed a long successful cooperation.”