Wärtsilä Wins Vietnam Order
Wärtsilä received an order for a propulsion package from Vietnam in September 2007. The contract was awarded by the Ben Kien Shipyard in Haiphong and involves the supply of a propulsion package for a 564 TEU multi-purpose carrier to be built for Hai Duong Shipbuilding & Shipping Company, both companies being subsidiaries of Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin Group). The vessel, designed by Marine Design & Research Institute of China, has a length of 115.0 m, and a moulded breadth of 20.8 m.The Wärtsilä propulsion package will comprise an eight-cylinder Wärtsilä 38 diesel engine, 4.40 m-diameter four-bladed controllable-pitch (CP) propeller, shafting, reduction gearbox, stern tube and shaft seals. The Wärtsilä CP propeller will be equipped with a Lipstronic 7000 pitch control system, while the overall engine control will be provided by a Wärtsilä Unified Controls (UNIC) C-2 system. The main engine will develop a maximum continuous power of 5800 kW at 600 rpm.
The propulsion package will be delivered to the shipyard in January 2009.