More LNG orders for Wartsila dual-fuel engines

摘要

A Key breakthrough into the Korean LNG carrier market was secured last November by the world-leading Finnish enginebuilder Wartsila: as reported in The Naval Architect January 2005 (pages 3 and 4), the company won an order for 16 engines to power a series of four 155,000m' dual-fuel/diesel-electric LNG carriers for BP Shipping, to be built at Hyundai Heavy Industries (Ulsan) and Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries. The ships are scheduled for delivery from mid-2007 onwards, and each will be equipped with two 12 and two nine-cylinder Wa'rtsila 50DF dual-fuel engines with an aggregate output of 39.9MW. These orders include an option to supply another 16 dual-fuel engines for four optional vessels.