Wärtsilä receives new orders for exhaust gas cleaning systems
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In March, Solvang ASA confirmed the option for Wärtsilä Open Loop Scrubber Systems to be installed aboard another of its LGC vessels. This confirmation follows the order that the company placed in late December 2013 for two such vessels. The Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) shipyard in South Korea is delivering the new Solvang vessels.
Solvang has already taken delivery of Wärtsilä scrubber systems, which have been installed aboard the VLGC vessels, the “Clipper Quito” and “Clipper Posh”.
In addition to these newbuild projects Wärtsilä has also in March 2014 signed a contract with Solvang to retrofit similar Wärtsilä scrubber system onboard the LPG tanker “Clipper Harald”. This installation is scheduled to be delivered in summer 2014. This now brings the total number of Solvang vessels to order Wärtsilä scrubber systems to six.
Wärtsilä will also supply its Hybrid Scrubber Systems for four new Post-Panamax car carriers currently being built for Wilhelmsen Lines Shipowning Malta (WLSM), a subsidiary of Oslo-based Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA. The contracts were signed in the third quarter of 2013 and in the first quarter of 2014. These vessels will be delivered from the Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) yard in South Korea, a subsidiary of HHI.
The Wärtsilä exhaust gas cleaning technology will enable these ships to fully comply with International Maritime Organization (IMO) and European Commission regulations governing sulphur oxide (SOx) emissions. In particular, the vessels will be able to use the Panama Canal and to operate in the United States Caribbean Sea Emissions Control Area, which includes the waters adjacent to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This is particularly important for the Wilhelmsen vessels that operate regularly in this area.
Wärtsilä was the first manufacturer to have been awarded the IMO certificate for exhaust gas cleaning systems by the classification societies Det Norske Veritas, Germanischer Lloyd, and Bureau Veritas.
As of March 2014, Wärtsilä has 45 vessels contracted for a total of 94 exhaust gas cleaning systems for both new building and retrofit projects.
