Passenger Ship Technology

Wärtsilä supplies first LLC for passenger tonnage

Taken from: Passenger Ship Technology December/January 2009/10


Wärtsilä is supplying Canadian shipowner, Transport Desgagnes, with a Low Loss Concept (LLC) electric propulsion system for a 95m-long passenger/vehicle/container vessel being built at the Kraljevica Shipyard in Croatia. The project represents the first application of Wärtsilä’s LLC system in a passenger ship. Designed to reduce fuel and installation costs, yield cleaner engine exhaust emissions and offer a smaller footprint than a conventional diesel-electric plant, t....

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