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Wärtsilä Lands Big Middle East Deal
Wärtsilä Corp. says it will provide engines and propulsion systems for 14 tugboats being built for the Kuwait Oil Company under a newly awarded contract.
The order includes 28 engines: 18 Wärtsilä 26 engines for use in nine 80-tonne Bollard Pull tugs and 10 Wärtsilä 20 engines to power five 50-tonne Bollard Pull tugs.
The vessels are being built at the Damen shipyard in Romania and will be used for port operations at the Kuwait oil terminal.
The Wärtsilä systems, scheduled for delivery in 2014 and 2015, will also include Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) systems, which provide remote condition monitoring for the engines, allowing for appropriate predictive maintenance.
"This is a momentous contract for Wärtsilä," said Aaron Bresnahan, vice president of sales for Wärtsilä Ship Power.
"It is one of our largest orders from the Middle East.
"More importantly, it is further evidence of our ability to provide competitive, integrated propulsion systems that meet the highest quality, efficiency, and reliability demands of today's marine sector customers."
Wärtsilä has cited offshore vessels as a particularly strong area of growth for its marine power division.
