Wärtsilä lands propulsion contract for Brazilian Navy

The order has been placed by Brazil’s Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz shipyard and will be booked with Wärtsilä in Q3 2023.

The polar vessel, Navio Polar Almirante Saldanha, will be operated by the Brazilian Navy and is of strategic importance for maintaining the Brazilian presence in the Antarctic continent and ensuring the continuity of the scientific research that has been carried out at the Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station.

The full scope for the vessel includes three Wärtsilä 32 diesel generating sets, a diesel-electric power conversion system, two bow thruster drive systems and the power management system. Wärtsilä’s low-emissions energy-efficient solution ensures optimum performance, combined with high redundancy and availability, thanks to infrequent overhauls and low fuel consumption.

“With the company’s long-standing and extensive experience in marine technology, we trust Wärtsilä to deliver high quality and reliability in all its products and systems. These specialised vessels require superior performance, and we are confident the Wärtsilä solutions selected will meet this requirement,” said a Brazilian Navy project manager. 

“We are very proud that Jurong has put their trust in Wärtsilä to be the supplier of this extensive solution for the Antarctic support vessel” said Wärtsilä general manager naval sales, Simon Riddle.

The Wärtsilä equipment is scheduled for delivery to the yard commencing 2024 and the vessel is expected to be commissioned in 2025.