Wärtsilä has been selected to supply engines for a new liquefied natural gas fuelled research vessel for the German government.
- Wärtsilä will also supply selective catalytic reduction technology, which will be used when the vessel switches to conventional marine fuel on long voyages.
- Vessel, Atair, will be the first operating on LNG fuel and will also comply with DNV GL’s Silent R rating as it is to be double elastically mounted, minimising noise.
- Atair is under construction at the Fassmer shipyard in Germany and will be owned by Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie. It will enter into service in early 2020.
Read more on the press release.
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