Rolls-Royce Opens New Facility in Newfoundland
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has enhanced its global customer support capability in Canada with a new Marine service center located in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, one of the busiest ports in the Canadian Maritimes. Encompassing 25,000 square feet, the new Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine service center in Mount Pearl will provide state-of-the art repair and overhaul expertise for customers throughout the East Atlantic Provinces and the Canadian Great Lakes region. Rolls-Royce has invested in this location to support its expanding customer base and growing demand in the region. Newfoundland’s Minister of Business, Ross Wiseman…
Wärtsilä, Transocean Announce Maintenance Program
Wärtsilä North America signed a contract with Transocean for a Conditioned Based Maintenance (CBM) program. The contract covers three Transocean properties: the Deepwater Millennium and Deepwater Pathfinder drill ships and the Deepwater Nautilus semi-submergible drill rig. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed. "CBM contracts have been useful in other industries as a way for operators and owners to extract the maximum value out of their maintenance dollars spent," said Steve O'Leary, Technical Field Support Manager for Transocean's North American region. "In this case, Transocean and Wärtsilä are partnering to take an 'intelligent maintenance' approach by evaluating the exact condition of individual engines on a real-time basis.
