Wärtsilä will supply the main engines for the first series of eight[ds_preview] Bangkok-max container ships being built at the Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard in China, thus establishing these engines as the standard for this type of vessel. The ships will serve as feeder vessels in Asian waters.
The scope of supply includes eight Wärtsilä RT-flex60C main engines, which will be built by a Wärtsilä licensee, Hudong Heavy Machinery (HHM), based in Shanghai. »In meeting the needs of the new Bangkok-max container vessel design, the Wärtsilä RT-flex engine technology offers excellent fuel consumption, exceptional reliability, and the possibility to incorporate environmental upgrades at a later date«, the Finnish company explained. »Furthermore, the compact size of the engine is ideal for the narrow engine room that the vessel design calls for.«
Four of the ships are being built for Buss Shipping, part of Buss Group from Hamburg. The other four ships are for Eastern Mediterranean Maritime Limited, a ship management company with its head offices in Athens, Greece. The machinery for the first of these 1.700 TEU container vessels is scheduled to be delivered in 2012, with the remainder being delivered at regular intervals thereafter.
