Wärtsilä inaugurates new propulsion laboratory in Finland for propellers testing with Alconza’s motor and generator

Marine, Services

Wärtsilä inaugurates a test centre in Tuusula (Finland) in collaboration with national and international research centers and universities to develop and test new products for marine propulsion. The new facility enables Wärtsilä to throw itself into mechanical power transmission components, durability, high quality and sustainability. The installation consists of 2MW thrusters, frequency converter with an…

Atlantic Offshore PSV gets artistic touch

Marine

  Taking advantage from the ONS offshore energy conference and the Nuart Street festival, both taken place in Stavanger (Norway) the shipowner Atlantic Offshore wanted to join the emerging artistic trends by allowing one of his vessels be painted by an international artist. This new vessel has christened with the name of “Ocean Art“. It’s…

Freight of the investigation ship Akademik Tryoshnikov

Marine

This ship, at the service of the Russian Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, is considered to be one of the leading ships in marine archaeology, logistics and investigation tasks. Alconza has delivered 3 generators and 4 motors for diesel-electrical generation and propulsion. For more details, see the references factsheet. Russian ex-minister Dmitry Nedvedev was present…

Royal Research Ship (RRS) Discovery for Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

Marine

Type of vessel Oceanographic research vessel Description In June 2012 C.N.P. Freire delivered one of the world’s most modern oceanographic investigation ships, the RRS Discovery, flagship of NERC and which is planned to operate in the National Oceanographic Centre (NOC). Client Wärtsilä Machines supplied to the customer by Alconza 2 asynchronous motors (2200KW / 750…