First Wärtsilä 31 retrofit for Norwegian trawler

Fishing company Norwegian Gardar is to conduct the first ever retrofit installation of the Wärtsilä 31 engine, shedding eight cylinders and 200,000 litres of fuel a year on the trawler ‘Gardar’.

A reduction of eight cylinders and 88 tonnes of NOx annually are the result of Gardar's retrofit installation of a Wärtsilä 31 engine (credit: Wärtsilä)

Fishing company Norwegian Gardar is to conduct the first ever retrofit installation of the Wärtsilä 31 engine, shedding eight cylinders and 200,000 litres of fuel a year on the trawler ‘Gardar’.