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1,000th Order For 'Exceptional Fuel savings' Engine
Wärtsilä Corp. says an order for a 7-cylinder RT-flex82T version B main engine to power an energy-efficient Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) tanker represents the 1,000th order for its 2-stroke common-rail RT-flex low-speed diesel engines.
"This latest order is significant for Wärtsilä for two reasons; it takes us past the 1000th order milestone for electronically controlled engines with good environmental performance, and is also the first order for the upgraded RT-flex82T version B engine for a next generation eco type of VLCC," said Martin Wernli, President, Wärtsilä Switzerland and Vice President, Wärtsilä Ship Power, 2-stroke.
"The huge success of the Wärtsilä 2-stroke, low-speed diesel engines is very much due to the fact that they are the only common rail engines on the market that can offer exceptional fuel savings across the entire load range."
The vessel using the new engine is a "next-generation" 310,000 deadweight tonnage (DWT) VLCC being built for Japanese tanker company JX Tanker Co. Ltd. at the IHI Marine United Inc., Kure shipyard for delivery in 2014.
The engine, to be built by Wärtsilä licensee Diesel United Ltd. in Japan, is a newly upgraded version with high flexibility of engine tuning possibilities, allowing it to consume as little fuel as possible in all operational conditions.
JX Tanker, which operates mainly in the Middle East and South Asia, owned nine ships and operated a total of 25 as of March 31, 2012, according to its website.
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