March 01, 2010

Wärtsilä delivers engines to South African Polar Supply and Research Vessel

Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade & Technical Press release, 1 March 2010


Wärtsilä has signed a contract with the STX Finland Oy shipyard in Rauma, Finland, to deliver four Wärtsilä 32 engines for a Polar Supply and Research Vessel. The Owner of the vessel will be the Republic of South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs, and it will be operated by SMIT Amandla Marine, of South Africa. The vessel’s crew will be trained at the Wärtsilä Land and Sea Academy in Turku, Finland.

“As it will be operating in extreme conditions, the new vessel will need to be very reliable. It will also have to act as a tanker, because it will need to carry fuel oil for use at the Antarctic base. Every drop of fuel oil in the consumption chain will count. Wärtsilä 32 engines offer both low rates of fuel consumption and low levels of emissions, an important consideration when operating in the Antarctic’s vulnerable natural environment,” says Jukka Paananen, Business Manager, Wärtsilä Ship Power.

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