Wärtsilä tech to equip LPG midsize fuel provider duo in South Korea

Wärtsilä has obtained an order for the delivery of cargo handling and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fuel supply systems for 2 midsize fuel provider vessels in South Korea.

Each the LPG midsize fuel provider vessels are being constructed by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard for EXMAR LPG, a three way partnership between EXMAR and Seapeak.

The contract additionally consists of an choice for the availability of apparatus to 2 extra ships.

The 46,000m³ vessels are claimed to be the biggest of their variety throughout the globe.

Wärtsilä plans to conclude the supply of apparatus to the yard within the latter a part of subsequent 12 months.

Just lately, Wärtsilä delivered an analogous kind of apparatus for a collection of EXMAR vessels constructed on the Jiangnan shipyard in China.

Wärtsilä marine, unstable natural compounds (VOC) and cargo dealing with programs gross sales supervisor Hans Jakob Buvarp stated: “We’re extraordinarily proud to be chosen to provide these newest EXMAR vessels with our superior programs.

“Wärtsilä is likely one of the market leaders on this discipline with an unmatched reference listing of profitable installations. We’re comfortable to increase this listing even additional.”

In October, Wärtsilä joined forces with GoodFuels and Carnival’s Holland America Line to carry out ship trials utilising biofuel blends.

The trials had been carried out utilizing a 100% biofuel on a Wärtsilä ZA40 engine fitted on board Volendam, a Holland America Line vessel.