Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply its
Wärtsilä Auxpac 32 generating sets for eight new 13,500-TEU container vessels being built for
China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL). Four generating sets are needed for each vessel, making a total of 32 sets in all. The order was placed in March 2016 with Wärtsilä's joint venture company CSSC Wärtsilä Engine (Shanghai) Co Ltd (CWEC). The ships have been ordered from the Hudong-Zhonghua yard in China.
The total power output from the contracted Wärtsilä engines is to exceed 100 megawatts (MW). Delivery of the engines to the yard is scheduled to commence in the first half of 2017.
According to Wärtsilä, the customer's requirements for these vessels were economic fuel consumption, reliability, and high availability, with the Finnish engine manufacturer stating that "the powerful Wärtsilä Auxpac 32 engine is capable of meeting these requirements".
"I would like to congratulate CWEC on winning this important order. It represents further evidence of our strong position in China's shipbuilding market and our ability to provide local project support. The Wärtsilä Auxpac 32 engine is a good choice for this application since its design parameters are very much in line with the operational profile needs of the vessels. We are also very pleased to be working with CSCL, a company with whom we have enjoyed a long and successful cooperation," said
Roger Holm, President, Wärtsilä Marine Solutions.
The Wärtsilä Auxpac 32 engine
The Wärtsilä Auxpac 32 is the auxiliary engine version of the Wärtsilä 32 family, of which more than 1200 engines are in operation worldwide. It is Wärtsilä's most powerful Auxpac generating set and is aimed at the upper end of the merchant shipping market, notably large container vessels with an auxiliary power need of from 2500 kilowatts electrical (kWe) to 4500 kWe per generating set.
CSSC Wartsila Engine (Shanghai) Company Ltd. (CWEC)
CWEC is a joint venture company established by CSSC and Wärtsilä in July, 2014. CWEC produces large bore medium speed diesel engines and dual-fuel engines in China, with the main target being large container vessels, LNG carriers, offshore sector vessels, cruise & ferry ships, and other special vessel markets.
CWEC produces 4-stroke Wärtsilä 26, Wärtsilä 32, Wärtsilä 34DF, Wärtsilä 46F and 46DF engines and generating sets.
