Wärtsilä to equip Nord Pilgrim’s new fishing trawlers

Wärtsilä has been contracted to provide the engines and the complete propulsion package for two new fishing trawlers being built for Murmansk, Russia-based Nord Pilgrim Ltd. The ships are to be constructed at the PJSC Vyborg shipyard in Russia.

As informed, the 80 metres long trawlers will be reinforced to Ice3 class, thereby enabling them to extend their fishing operations in the Barents Sea and North Atlantic where the weather conditions are challenging.

Wärtsilä’s full scope of supply is for each ship one 8-cylinder Wärtsilä 32 main engine, one Wärtsilä gearbox, one Wärtsilä controllable pitch propeller system, one transverse thrusters system, and a Wärtsilä ProTouch propulsion control system. Auxiliary generating power will be supplied by one 6-cylinder and one 4-cylinder Wärtsilä 20 Auxpac engine. The equipment is scheduled for delivery to the yard in March 2018 and January 2019.

The engines are compliant with the IMO’s current Tier II regulations. Furthermore, the gearbox has integrated hydraulics, increasing reliability while also reducing the space needed. This arrangement facilitates easier installation and commissioning.

“For vessels with just a single main engine and one propeller operating in remote and difficult waters, nothing can be allowed to go wrong. For this reason, we are proud that Wärtsilä was chosen to supply the propulsion machinery,” says Alexander Staritsyn, General Manager – Europe & Africa, Marine Solutions, Wärtsilä Corporation.