Finnish manufacturing company Wärtsilä is set to supply engines and propulsion components to Dredging International’s new offshore construction vessel, the Orion, the first of its kind to be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). Wärtsilä will provide four nine-cylinder 46DF dual-fuel electric propulsion engines, two six-cylinder 20DF dual-fuel engines, as well as custom-made retractable thrusters, underwater demountable thrusters and its own LNGPac storage storage and supply system. The Helsinki-based firm is set to deliver its engines to the yard by the latter part of 2018, while the Orion is set to be operational in this year.
Finnish manufacturing company Wärtsilä is set to supply engines and propulsion components to Dredging International’s new offshore construction vessel, the Orion, the first of its kind to be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). Wärtsilä will provide four nine-cylinder 46DF dual-fuel electric propulsion engines, two six-cylinder 20DF dual-fuel engines, as well as custom-made retractable thrusters, underwater demountable thrusters and its own LNGPac storage storage and supply system. The Helsinki-based firm is set to deliver its engines to the yard by the latter part of this year, while the Orion is set to be operational in 2018.