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Wärtsilä Voyage Limited

Wärtsilä is a global leader in smart technologies and complete lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. By emphasising sustainable innovation, total efficiency and data analytics, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its customers. In 2017, Wärtsilä’s net sales totalled EUR 4.9 billion with approximately 18,000 employees. The company has operations in over 200 locations in more than 80 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.

Wärtsilä’s VTS (Vessel Traffic Service) Solutions, with the support of automated self-learning decision support technologies, make it possible to operate a ship traffic control model similar to that available to the aviation industry.

Ship movements can be advised and controlled by a country, even beyond territorial waters.

A new generation of Vessel Traffic Management solutions are required to extend safety and efficiency of navigation far beyond the limits of traditional coastal systems.

All technologies can be connected through one central operating system enabling the data to be available across the whole operational ecosystem.

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WARTSILA VOYAGE LIMITED TO PARTNER GHANA NAVY IN NAVIGATIONAL SIMULATORS DELIVERY PROJECT

• 6 April 2024
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Wartsila Voyage Limited, a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets, is set to partner the Ghana Navy in a new project for the delivery of professional Navigational simulators project.

The global company made this declaration when a delegation, led by the Senior Product Sales Manager, Mr Petr Olyanyuk paid a courtesy call on the Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) Rear Admiral Issah Adam Yakubu on Wednesday 3 April 2024 at the Naval Headquarters.

The CNS warmly welcomed the delegation and expressed his appreciation for the company’s interest in collaborating with the Ghana Navy to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness. He emphasized the importance of fostering strong partnerships with industry leaders to leverage their expertise and solutions in support of the Ghana Navy’s mission to safeguard national security and uphold maritime interest.

Rear Admiral Yakubu assured the delegation of the Ghana Navy’s commitment to exploring more partnership opportunities that would leverage their combined strength and expertise to advance maritime capabilities and operations. “We look forward to working with you to achieve the target goal”. He declared.

The Senior Product Sales Manager on his part, thanked the CNS for hosting them, and promised to offer a professional maritime training solutions that will make the Ghana Navy training schools, a centre of excellence in the region.

The CNS presented a plaque to the delegation to strengthen the collaboration between the two institutions.

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Wartsila Voyage and Microsoft forge alliance to industrialise marine IoT

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Under the partnership, Wartsila Voyage will work towards the installation of ‘streamlined’ Intelligent Edge technology.

This capability is expected to help fulfil the industry’s decarbonisation goals, as well as support the extensive application of autonomous technology.

Wartsila Voyage president and Wartsila executive vice-president Sean Fernback said: “The maritime world is entering the digital era, where mutualising our investments into common platforms and standards are a prerequisite to successful innovations for a more sustainable and efficient maritime industry.

“The Wartsila common platform will act as an enabler to deploy future technology for autonomy and emissions reduction. We want to focus our efforts on those fields with commonly shared standards that give vessels easier access to innovative solutions.”

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Wartsila Voyage will be involved in the development of industrial remote operation capabilities, runtime and cybersecurity with active monitoring.

For facilitating cooperation between maritime stakeholders, the company will also focus on commonly shared data standards.

The Wartsila platform, through its remote operation capabilities, will provide quick access to the newest on-board solutions.

It will remotely offer updates, upgrades, asset commissioning and diagnostics for improving vessel uptime, deployment and maintenance.

For enhanced monitoring, security updates and asset management services, numerous Microsoft Security and IoT solutions will be incorporated into the Wartsila platform.

Through this project, Wartsila Voyage aims to establish an open development environment with standardised data formats, application programming interfaces (APIs), integrated systems and multi-layered cybersecurity.

Furthermore, the partnership will make way for developing autonomous capabilities.

Recently, Wartsila rolled out a new OPTI-DP Engagement Tool developed using applied Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling.

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Wartsila Voyage sets out vision for port call digitalisation

Since launching its Just-in-Time (JIT) call solution, Navi-Port, in late 2019, Wartsila Voyage has now formalised a full strategy for digital port call optimisation.

The port call process continues to be “inefficient and chaotic” and that is where the company sees opportunities for its solutions, according to Bruce Mills, Global Business Development Director of Ship Traffic Control, Wartsila Voyage.

“JIT is just one part of the jigsaw,” he said, “Navi-Port was launched in late 2019 and we now have some real-life case studies.”

Mills noted that many in the industry have already tackled some of the low-hanging fruit when it comes to digitalising processes, and this includes JIT, but there is a lot more that needs to be done.

The company is looking to connect an ecosystem that will ultimately enable digital port calls: including Connective Navigation Systems; Navi-Port; Vessel Traffic Management Systems; Navi-Safe for collision avoidance; and Port Management Information Systems (PMIS).

Pilots and tugs are also an important part of the ecosystem with marine operations management to connect them to the shore system and remotely control operations on the pilotage and towage services from the shore.

Key to the overall strategy is bringing together the entire port community from customs to ship agents to the vessels and port authorities under the Wartsila digital port call platform.

For multiple stakeholders have access to the same tools and data is the aim. The company is also encouraging port operators, like Associated British Ports (ABP) in the UK, who manage multiple ports to consider implementing such a system across its entire portfolio.

One case where the company has already seen success is through its work with the Port of Tanger-Med through the co-development of a new PMIS.

The project includes the Wartsila Navi-Harbour Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) software application and Wartsila Navi-Port for JIT arrivals.

Mills said that in this example the port is now likely to give priority to vessels that already have Wartsila tools onboard, making port calls more seamless.

“I think this model will be rolled out more and more,” he said.

Wartsila Voyage is currently focused on four key objectives including decarbonisation, safety, making more of now, and affordability.

Regarding decarbonisation, Mills noted that the subject was one of the top five corporate objectives for the company, and shareholders are pushing for increased focus..

For the company this means providing “best-in-class” solutions and services to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions.

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Wärtsilä integrates Voyage business into Wärtsilä Marine Power

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Wärtsilä has integrated the Voyage business into Wärtsilä Marine Power, with a plan to reduce 300 jobs. 

The Voyage offering is planned to be streamlined focusing on fleet and port optimisation and related simulation and training services, based on the now-completed Voyage strategy review. The planned business unit in formation, Voyage Services, will secure a strong strategic fit with Wärtsilä Marine Power.

A strengthened port-to-port voyage optimisation can further lower costs and reduce emissions in marine operations.

NACOS Navigation, NACOS Automation, Dynamic Positioning and sensors would be merged into a new business unit and moved to Wärtsilä Portfolio Business during April 2023 according to the plan.

Wärtsilä Portfolio Business consists of business units, which are run independently with the aim of accelerating performance improvement and unlocking value through divestments or other strategic alternatives. Business continuity will be ensured, and current customer commitments will not be impacted.

Roger Holm, President of Wärtsilä Marine Power, commented: ‘We are committed to driving decarbonisation in the maritime industry and accelerating the turnaround of our former Voyage business. By combining digital capabilities with performance-based services, we plan to unlock synergies and offer our customers unique end-to-end solutions to optimise their vessel and port operations. The planned integration of these specific voyage offerings to our existing Marine Power portfolio will provide customers with the strongest decarbonisation offering available’.

Wärtsilä has started a formal process globally with a plan to reduce a maximum of 300 positions in the current Voyage organisation, while at the same time opening approximately 150 new positions.

Additionally, Wärtsilä has continued to review the strategic fit of other business units. As a result of this, Marine Electrical Systems, focusing on electrical integration, is planned to be moved to Portfolio Business during April 2023.

Tamara de Gruyter, EVP of Marine Systems and Portfolio Business, stated: ‘Marine Electrical Systems largely serves different markets and customers than the rest of Wärtsilä and has limited strategic fit with the rest of the group. Therefore, we believe that an independent set-up and potential new ownership will be the best way forward for Marine Electrical Systems to develop and create shareholder value. Business continuity will be ensured, and current customer commitments will not be impacted’.

A restatement of financials according to the new planned organisational structure will be published by Wärtsilä in due course.

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Technology group Wärtsilä has supplied its new dual-fuel engine simulator technology for Wavelink Maritime Institute (WMI), the maritime training arm of the Singapore Maritime Officer’s Union (SMOU). The navigational and technological simulators are a central feature of the simulation suite at WMI, which was recently inaugurated by H.E. Ms. Grace FU Hai Yien, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment and Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations of the Republic of Singapore.

Sustainable fuels will play an integral role in the maritime industry’s goal of achieving net zero in shipping by 2050. However, an important part of this transition requires crew to be upskilled to handle these new and alternative fuels. The state-of-the-art Wärtsilä simulator technology is specifically designed to train seafarers in the latest efficiency concepts and prepare them for operating with the next generation of marine fuels. The dual-fuel simulators include a virtual reality element to replicate realistic scenarios with different fuels and engine types. They also incorporate cloud-based simulation combined with Wavelink’s own learning management system to provide blended learning experiences.

"Seafarers today must continue to reskill and upskill, particularly in the areas of decarbonisation and new alternative fuels. Wärtsilä’s advanced simulator technology allows us to provide the highest quality maritime training, ensuring that our students are fully in step with the transition currently underway in the shipping industry," says Mr Teo Keong Kok, Managing Director, Wavelink Maritime Institute.

The simulation suite also includes a full-mission bridge with 270-degree visualisation, and a part-task bridge with 120-degree visualisation for ultimate hands-on ship handling training in compliance with international standards. The technical simulators include full-mission and multi-functional network class-room set-ups for engine-room and liquid cargo handling training.  

"We are pleased to continue our strong relationship with WMI”, comments Kiran Kumar, Product Sales Manager at Wärtsilä Marine. “Climate regulation is pushing for constant improvement in fuel efficiency to drive down emissions meaning alternative and transition fuels will play a significant role in achieving these goals. The new simulation suite with Wärtsilä technology provides realistic training opportunities that will allow their graduates to safely operate technologically advanced vessels, whilst preparing them for shipping’s decarbonised future."

Wärtsilä began its partnership with WMI in 2014 with the launch of a maritime simulation centre, including a class of 16 workstations. An integrated engine room and liquid cargo handling simulator class of 20 workstations was also delivered for the training of engineering watchkeeping personnel.

Technology group Wärtsilä will supply its  latest simulator technology  for a new maritime training centre in Finland. The order has been placed by the South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (Xamk) and the Joint Authority of Education of Kotka-Hamina Region (Ekami). It was booked by Wärtsilä in November 2023. The simulator will be installed in Xamk's new campus in Kotka, Finland, where also part of Ekami´s maritime training will take place in the future.

The simulator will feature the latest versions of  Wärtsilä’s Navi-Trainer professional  and  Techsim simulation software , as well as the latest  Navi Sailor  and  NACOS Platinum bridge systems . These include multi-pilot workstations for Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS), radar and conning applications.

The training centre will have two large and three medium sized full mission navigational bridges with 360-degree visualisation. They include digital chart tables as well as a separate bridge wing console operated in virtual reality. For technical training, the centre will have two engine room simulators implemented with two fully loaded control rooms. The simulators come with touchscreen technology, making it easy to swap between any of the engine room models.

“This new learning environment provides students with a unique opportunity to develop their practical skills and prepare for demanding maritime tasks. We are fortunate to have Wärtsilä’s highly advanced simulator technology as the basis for this training. Many critical operations cannot be safely practiced on an actual vessel, so in addition to acquiring technical skills, a versatile and realistically functioning simulation environment will significantly enhance the safety of vessels,” said Olli-Pekka Brunila, Director of Education, South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences.

“The state-of-the-art Wärtsilä simulator system will be one of the largest and most advanced in Europe. It will enable students to obtain the most realistic level of operational experience possible in an educational environment. We are proud to be supporting Xamk and Ekami with their goal of preparing students for their future maritime careers,” commented Ola Lundqvist, Product Sales Manager, Voyage Services at Wärtsilä.

In addition to the various system features, there will be several instructor and debriefing rooms capable of working with any part of the simulator. There will also be a dedicated command centre for vessel traffic service, oil spill response, search and rescue, terminal cargo office, and more training applications.

Hannu Mäntymaa, Vice President for Voyage Services, Wärtsilä and Managing Director of Wärtsilä Finland added: “With decarbonisation as a core focus for the industry, maritime organisations are looking for unique end-to-end solutions which enable them to optimise their vessel and port operations. This new maritime training centre from Xamk and Ekami will play an integral role in unlocking synergies here. After all, if organisations are going to benefit from future fuel engines, for example, crews must be highly competent, operate with the highest levels of safety and have access to continuous training programmes.”

The Wärtsilä equipment is scheduled for delivery in August 2024. Xamk is an existing customer to Wärtsilä, having had another one of Wärtsilä’s training simulator in use for more than 20 years.

As part of their collaborative data integration, Weathernews Inc and Dataloy Systems AS are pleased to introduce an integrated solution to refine voyage management based on unique weather data. This integration combines Weathernews' comprehensive historical seasonal routes and sea margins with Dataloy Systems’ innovative Voyage Management System (VMS) – providing streamlined access to critical data, error reduction, increased efficiency, and a focus on enhancing voyage quality and profitability. This data integration milestone represents a significant stride toward more effective voyage management.

In the context of the companies’ strategic partnership, mutual clients can effortlessly integrate Weathernews' industry-leading weather data into their VMS platform, eliminating the need to switch platforms. This enhancement is aimed at refining pre-fixture planning, budgeting, and decision-making, ultimately making voyage management smoother and more efficient.

Value and precision Within Dataloy Systems’ VMS platform, users gain access to a rich archive of vessel employment records covering several decades, providing a solid basis for making informed commercial decisions. This advancement is dedicated to delivering valuable, precise, and practical support to our esteemed clients.

The integration empowers joint customers to make well-informed decisions by selecting alternative routes based on historical weather and weather impact data. Customers can easily visualize the different impacts of their choices, and take action to  optimize their business, both in terms of fuel savings and emissions reductions. Unparallelled expertise “ Optimizing route-planning functions with advanced weather technology empowers owners and operators to make well-informed route decisions, prioritizing both efficiency and vessel safety. With a team of highly trained weather forecasters and meteorologists working around the clock to deliver cutting-edge weather forecasts, risk analyses, and routing advice, Weathernews currently provides weather forecast, risk analysis, and routing advice to approximately 10,000 vessels worldwide, ” says  Henrik Faurschou , Global Product and Market Strategy Leader at Weathernews. Henrik emphasizes collaboration as a key to developing successful solutions. “ Our partnership with Dataloy Systems represents an exciting opportunity to simplify the decision-making process for commercial staff, ensuring they make the most optimized choices. We are eagerly anticipating a fruitful, long-term collaboration with Dataloy Systems, as we work together to create solutions that enhance the safety and sustainability of the maritime industry .”

‘Shared vision’ “As we integrate Weathernews' precise forecasting into our platform, we are not only equipping our clients with advanced tools for alternate weather routing but also reaffirming our commitment to advancing the maritime industry. This collaboration is about more than just shared data; it's about shared vision. Together, we are setting a new course for operational excellence, where informed decision-making leads to safer, more efficient, and environmentally responsible voyages,”  says  Hege Jacobsen,  Head of Partner Relations at Dataloy Systems.

Real-time decision support “This seamless integration marks the culmination of a year-long partnership aimed at delivering unmatched efficiency and insight to the maritime navigation and planning process.The live integration brings to fruition the promise made last year by both companies to innovate and streamline maritime operations. It introduces a dynamic weather routing tool that empowers vessel operators to optimize routes with unparalleled accuracy, taking into account historical and forecasted weather patterns. The forward-thinking collaboration between Dataloy Systems and Weathernews now enables smarter, safer, and more sustainable voyage decisions in real time,” adds Dataloy Systems CEO  Erik Fritz Loy .

Technology group Wärtsilä will supply its simulator to global maritime service company NSB Group.

Technology group Wärtsilä and DNV’s industry cloud platform Veracity have entered a partnership to create secure connectivity between Wärtsilä’s Fleet Optimisation Solution (FOS) and Veracity.

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First black-start set for China

Wärtsilä Corporation was awarded a contract in August 2005 to supply a black-start generating set to Shanghai Zhadian Gas Turbine Generation Co of China. The 4.3 MW set will be powered by a 12-cylinder Wärtsilä 32 diesel engine. It is due to be handed over in June 2006.

Black-start generating sets provide valuable insurance in the event of a total or partial loss of electricity supplies, in other words in a blackout, throughout a country’s transmission system. They provide the necessary electrical supply for starting individual power stations, powering station ancillaries while the main generating plant is prepared for starting.

The origin of the Shanghai Zhadian black-start plant goes back to the USA and Moscow blackouts in August 2003 and May 2005 respectively. Yet not all grids are equipped with black-start generating plants as it adds to capital costs and the risk of a complete blackout is usually deemed acceptably small. However, the North American and Moscow failures led the Chinese government to review its policies and it urged the Chinese electrical authorities to install black-start capabilities. The Shanghai Zhadian installation is the first black-start plant in the Chinese national grids.

A black-start generating plant is in effect an independent auxiliary power plant adjacent to a main power station that has the capability to be started from a complete ‘dead’ condition within an agreed minimum time. The black-start generating set and its various ancillaries and control systems are started from compressed air and batteries. The systems have sufficient capacity for multiple sequential black starts to allow for a possible tripping of the transmission system during the re-instatement process.

Wärtsilä has made a number of black-start plants world-wide with generating capacities between 3 MW and 34 MW. However, the main concentration has been in the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Algeria.

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Wärtsilä is a leading provider of power plants, operation and lifetime care services in decentralized power generation.

The company provides power plants for baseload, intermediate, peaking, standby and combined heat and power applications as well as solutions for oil pumping. The product range comprises gas- and oil-fired power plants with outputs from 1 MW to 300 MW, biopower plants with outputs from 1 to 5 MWe and biothermal plants for 3–17 MWth

Wärtsilä is The Ship Power Supplier for builders, owners and operators of vessels and offshore installations. Our own global service network takes complete care of customers’ ship machinery at every lifecycle stage.

For further information, please contact: Maria Nystrand Public Relations Manager, Power Plants Wärtsilä Finland Oy Direct tel: +358 10 709 1456 Direct fax: +358 10 709 1425 e-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.wartsila.com   

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