Wärtsilä Fuel Efficiency Boosts four KOTC VLCCs

Wärtsilä Fuel Efficiency Boosts four KOTC VLCCs

The technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to upgrade the performance of four vessels owned by Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC), a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC), by retrofitting Wärtsilä Fuel Efficiency Boost solution to the ships’ main engines....
Emergency ship repair in a pandemic

Emergency ship repair in a pandemic

It is difficult currently difficult enough to continue operations in ship repair where you have some control over the environment, but imagine having to get personnel and equipment across the world in time to carry out an emergency ship repair. The problems are too...
ABB increases remote support for ships

ABB increases remote support for ships

Responding to global COVID-19 travel restrictions, ABB is offering increased remote assistance to vessels where on-site visits are not an option. At the time when many countries close borders and impose travel restrictions to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic,...