BALTIC FEEDER SHIPS TO USE WAERTSILAE DUAL FUEL ENGINES

摘要

A series of new 1,400 teu baltic feeder vessels will be the first containerships equipped with Waertsilae's two-stroke, low pressure, dual-fuel technology-the 7 cylinder Waertsilae RT-flex50DF engines. The ships are being built at China's Yangzhou Guoyu Shipbuilding yard for GNS Shipping GmbH & Co K and will be managed by Nordic Hamburg. The vessels will enter service in 2016 and operate on a long-term charter contract for Containerships OY of Finland. The technology behind the Waertsilae RT-flex50DF engine enables the low pressure, dual-fuel benefits that are already available to four-stroke engines, to be applied to two-stroke engines-broadening the technology's availability across the merchant shipping market, along with the dual economic and environmental advantages that it offers.