Netherlands, Wärtsilä Expands Services
Wärtsilä expands its services capacity in the Netherlands with new, larger premises and a modern training centre. On April 9, Wärtsilä inaugurates a new Wärtsilä Land & Sea Academy training centre at Waalwijk in the Netherlands. With this large-scale training establishment, Wärtsilä is able to offer its customers, its own employees and educational institutions, a broad package of technical training programmes. In addition, Wärtsilä inaugurated new and larger services premises in Ijmuiden last week.
The Wärtsilä Land & Sea Academy at Waalwijk covers an area of 2000 square metres, and contains nine schooling rooms, four conference rooms, and a large workshop. The new centre is one of ten Wärtsilä training centres worldwide.
"In 2009, we expect to welcome some 800 to 1000 students to Waalwijk. We are very pleased to have the Wärtsilä Land & Sea Academy here, where we can provide, among others, training programs for propulsion, automation and engine products," said Job van der Burgt, Vice President Services, Wärtsilä in the Netherlands.
The Wärtsilä Land & Sea facility offers product-specific training programmes in the area of diesel engines and propulsion systems, as well as customised training. The training centre has the latest teaching tools, such as simulators for operating systems, and smart boards to explain the technology. To support the theoretical programmes, the workshop has a large number of engines and propellers for hands-on practical work.
The training team consists of eleven people, all with years of practical engineering experience. The entire team is IMO 6.09 certified (training for teachers in the maritime field).
Last week, Wärtsilä inaugurated new modern services premises in Ijmuiden, also in the Netherlands, which cover an area of 3000 square metres. The new premises include office space, an in-house schooling room, and an impressive workshop. The new larger workshop enables the company to deliver a broad range of services. The workshop has state-of-the-art machines and portable tools to carry out repairs and maintenance work, both in the workshop itself and on board the vessels.
The Ijmuiden location maintains and overhauls marine engines and propulsion systems. The expanded workshop gives the company the ability to work on larger engines and propulsion systems.
The Ijmuiden service location delivers spare parts, service support, and technical expertise primarily to vessels working in dredging, fishing and inland shipping applications.
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