Helsinki, April 7, 2015

Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s solutions and services provider, has received new orders from Norway and Turkey. The company is delivering complete main propulsion systems for six new chemical tankers, as well as four new X92 engines to container ships. Wärtsilä has not disclosed value of the orders. The chemical tankers are being built at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group yard in China on behalf of Stolt Tankers B.V, which is part of the Norwegian Stolt-Nielsen Limited. The company operates of one of the world’s largest chemical tanker fleets. Container vessels are a vital element within the transportation infrastructure, and environmental issues and fuel economy are likely to be the key drivers in maintaining the role of container transportation, says Martin Wernli, Managing Director of Wärtsilä Switzerland. The new four container ships were ordered by Ciner Group, based in Istanbul in Turkey, and they are being built at Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction (HHIC) shipyard’s facilities in Subic Bay, the Philippines. Source: www.wartsila.com