PROPULSION

Yang Ming orders Wärtsilä propeller retrofit for boxships

6 years ago

Yang Ming Lines, the Taiwan-based shipping company, has awarded Wärtsilä the contract to supply propulsion solutions for two container vessels. The Fixed Pitch Propeller (FPP) and EnergoProFin arrangement will match engine adjustments, allowing the speed of the two vessels to be reduced from 24 to 18 knots.

The YM Mobility will be one of the latest Yang Ming vessels to be retrofitted with the Wärtsilä FPP and EnergoProFin solutions. (Copyright: Yang Ming Lines)

Yang Ming Lines, the Taiwan-based shipping company, has awarded Wärtsilä the contract to supply propulsion solutions for two container vessels. The Fixed Pitch Propeller (FPP) and EnergoProFin arrangement will match engine adjustments, allowing the speed of the two vessels to be reduced from 24 to 18 knots.