Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply integrated power and automation systems for two new icebreakers Vyborg Shipyard JSC builds for a Russian state-owned enterprise.
The contract was signed in October 2012. The vessels, scheduled to be delivered in 2015, will operate mainly in the Baltic Sea and in Arctic waters. There is an option pending to supply similar equipment for a third icebreaker within this same project.
Wärtsilä has been present in Russia for more than thirty years and employs more than 125 people serving the marine and power plant markets, for both new installations and after-sales service of existing installations.
Each vessel is equipped with:
- 4 x 12-cylinder Wärtsilä 32 main engines (picture)
- 2 x 4-cylinder Wärtsilä 20 auxiliary gensets
- Wärtsilä Power Management System (PMS)
- Wärtsilä Power Distribution System
- Wärtsilä Power Drive System
