Wärtsilä to Supply Propulsion for 24 New Vessels
Wärtsilä, the marine industry's leading solutions and services provider, has been contracted to supply propulsion packages for 24 new vessels being built for the Singapore based China Navigation Co. Pte. Ltd (CNCo). The ships are being built at the Chengxi and Zhejiang Ouhua shipyards in China, and the contracts were signed with Wärtsilä licensee Hudong Heavy Machinery (HHM) in 2012 and during the first half of this year. All vessels will be fitted with electronically controlled Wärtsilä two-stroke common-rail main engine systems…
Cavitation Fuel Treatment Chosen by APL
China Auto Corp (CAC) associate Neftech Pte Ltd reports signing an agreement with American President Lines (APL) to install its proprietary cavitation fuel treatment technology on the main engine of one of APL's largest vessels, a 10,100 TEU container ship. The agreement also gives APL the option to buy the system for up to 10 such ships, subject to a minimum of four. The latest agreement follows a multi-million dollar deal with APL unveiled earlier this year in which APL purchased Neftech main engine systems for four of its 2,500 TEU ships. Neftech say that two systems have already been installed and the third one will be delivered this month with the fourth unit scheduled to be delivered in May 2012.