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most powerful of its type in the world.” emission running, the solution will reduce will commence in August 2021.
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS the need for installed power and minimise Wärtsilä has earlier supplied the engines
Vice President, Neil Foster said of the maintenance costs, and can reduce energy for 15 ships serving the Yamal LNG project, as
achievement: “The WinGD marine internal consumption by up to 30%. well as numerous dual-fuel engines for other
combustion engine is thoroughly deserving With the highly efficient power plant LNG carriers built at the Daewoo yard.
of its GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title. running on LNG the vessel will be the most WÄRTSILÄ, January 28, 2021
Records for engineering excellence never fail environmentally friendly WTIU built to date.
to fascinate, and this title is testament to the KONGSBERG MARITIME, January 25, 2021 VINCI wins the construction
skill of the team at WinGD that had the vision
and dedication to deliver the technology Wärtsilä wins major order contract of a liquefied
behind the title.”
WINGD, January 28, 2021 to provide 36 dual-fuel natural gas tank in the UK

Kongsberg technology will engines for six new LNG Entrepose Contracting, VINCI Construction
Grands Projets and Taylor Woodrow, all
secure green footprint of carrier vessels VINCI Construction subsidiaries, have
been awarded an EPC contract by National
new next-generation wind The technology group Wärtsilä will supply Grid to construct a 190,000 cubic metre
the dual-fuel engines for six new 172,500 cbm
liquefied natural gas (LNG) tank in the United
turbine installation unit LNG carrier vessels being built to serve the Kingdom.
This project is part of the programme
Arctic LNG 2 project in Russia’s Arctic waters.
Kongsberg Maritime has signed a Letter The order, which is valued at more than to expand the capacity of the largest LNG
of Intent with Chinese shipbuilder Yantai EUR 100 million, was placed in December terminal in Europe, located on the Isle of
CIMC Raffles Offshore to deliver a large 2020 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Grain - east coast of England, 60 km from
technology package for the BT-220IU Wind Engineering. There is an option for a further London.
Turbine Installation Unit. BT-220IU is to be four ships. This full containment tank has a 9% nickel
built for the Norway-based company OIM Wärtsilä’s vast experience and proven steel inner tank with a pre-stressed concrete
Wind, with an option for another vessel of competence in delivering efficient and reliable outer shell, poured in-situ using slipforming.
identical design. The vessel will be suitable propulsion solutions for icebreaking and The works, for a budget of €200mn, are set to
for transporting and installing multiple sets gas carrier applications in the demanding continue until June 2025.
of next- and future-generation wind turbines, Arctic environment, were cited as being key VINCI has already built about 20 LNG
and their foundations. considerations in the award of this contract. tanks worldwide over the past 15 years,
Crucial to the cost-effective and “This is a major newbuild project, and including three which are still under
environmentally responsible profile of we were able to propose a technical solution construction: two in Russia (160,000 cubic
the new vessel, which is expected to be that ensures clear benefits and cost savings metre each) and one in Canada (225,000
delivered by the end of 2022, is a Kongsberg for the customer. Our experience with LNG cubic metre). The group is recognised for its
Maritime integrated solution for wind turbine applications is unmatched, and this order capacity to meet the expectations of major
installation units. This well-proven solution represents an acknowledgement of that fact,” players in the sector and confirms its leading
combines KM’s motion control, propulsion says Östen Lindell, Sales Director, East Asia & position in the design-build of large-scale
and dynamic positioning functionalities to China, Wärtsilä Marine Power. cryogenic storage tanks in any type of
maintain operability in all conditions. Each vessel will be fitted with six Wärtsilä environment.
Monitoring and controlling of the KM 46DF dual-fuel engines, plus gas valve units VINCI CONSTRUCTION, January 28, 2021
components will be handled by a K-Chief 700 and auxiliaries. Deliveries of the equipment
marine automation system, and the company’s
scope of delivery is rounded out with a
comprehensive digital solution with a new
planning, advisory, monitoring and reporting
tool to improve the safety and operation of the
vessel.
Included in the delivery are Bergen LNG
(liquefied natural gas) engines, together
with an LNG fuel gas supply system. KM’s
new state of the art PM azimuth thrusters
will secure optimised performance both
for transit, manoeuvring and dynamic
positioning. The scope of supply also includes
an array of appropriate deck machinery.
The electrical system will make use of
KM’s energy storage solution, a green, load-
smoothing initiative which will optimise
power production and enable the vessel to
operate for limited periods on battery power
alone. By allowing these stretches of zero-

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