• 18 Apr 2016

Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract by Gdańsk Shiprepair Yard “Remontowa” S.A., to supply a comprehensive scope of engines, propulsion machinery, integrated automation systems, and gas handling systems required for the mid-life upgrading of two RoPax ferries and their conversion to operate on LNG fuel. The ferries, the ‘Spirit of British Columbia’ and the ‘Spirit of Vancouver’, are the flagship vessels of British Columbia Ferry Services based in Victoria, Canada. The work will be carried by the Remontowa Shiprepair yard in Poland. The work on the first of these ships will be carried out during the 2017/18 winter season, and during the following winter season for the second vessel. This means that The Wärtsilä equipment will be delivered to the shipyard prior to the arrival of the vessels. The full scope of Wärtsilä’s supply includes four Wärtsilä 34DF dual-fuel engines with fuel gas systems, integrated automation systems and power management systems, the Wärtsilä Pro-Touch propulsion control system, the power transmission systems comprising two gearboxes, the Wärtsilä LNGPac comprising the fuel storage tank, bunkering station, gas detection system and process control automation, Wärtsilä rudders, site representation and integration engineering, and crew training.