The innovation team Wärtsilä’s solid connection with the Danish shipbuilder Karstensens Shipyard is once more stressed with major propulsion tools orders for 2 brand-new angling vessels. During the previous year alone, the Karstensens backyard has actually chosen Wärtsilä options for 7 vessels. These most current orders were put in July.

A custom-made 77-metre total size angling vessel, the ‘Christina S’, will certainly be possessed and also run by the Fraserburgh, Scotland based Simpson family members’s Christina S Fishing Company in collaboration with P&JJohnston It will certainly change an existing vessel of the very same name. The ship will certainly be powered by a Wärtsilä 31 major engine, and also will certainly additionally include various other Wärtsilä options consisting of a NOx Reducer exhausts decrease system, the decrease equipment, manageable pitch prop, and also ProTouch propulsion remote system. The tools will certainly be supplied throughout summer season 2022.

Swedish angling issue Gifico has actually gotten a 64-metre lengthy angling vessel to be called the‘Ginneton’ The style includes a Wärtsilä 32 major engine, in addition to various other Wärtsilä options, consisting of the decrease equipment, manageable pitch prop, and also ProTouch propulsion remote system. The tools is prepared for distribution in the direction of completion of 2022.

“We have worked with Wärtsilä on building the right concept for this vessel. We feel that Wärtsilä’s technology is always a step ahead, and their service support is top class,” claims Philip Claeson, proprietor, Gifico.

“We have a long tradition and a strong reputation in building high-quality fishing vessels of all types. This means that both the design and the machinery selected have to be of the highest quality, and in this respect, we feel, that Wärtsilä is a suitable project partner. They offer technically optimized competitive solutions, while the Wärtsilä engines’ high efficiency, low fuel consumption, and extended overhaul intervals are of benefit to the end-costumers,” claims Kent Damgaard, Director, Karstensens Shipyard.

“Repeat orders are the best indication of a satisfied customer, and with every new order, our relationship with Karstensens Shipyard is strengthened. We aim always to not only deliver efficient and reliable products and systems but to provide quality support to the customer throughout the project cycle,” claims Johan Hanst én, Sales Director, Wärtsilä Marine Power.

The ‘Christina S’ is arranged to be supplied to the proprietors in July 2023, and also the ‘Ginneton’ in August 2023.